Linear algebra
Not offered in 1995
BS BT DT BC BP BDT
Mr Francis Benyah
3 points * First semester * 2 hours per week * Gippsland/Distance (even numbered years only) * Prerequisites: GAS1612 * Corequisite: GAS2614 is desirable
This subject aims to continue the study of linear algebra beyond subject GAS1612, emphasising the general concepts of a vector space and the particular case of an inner product space as unifying threads in mathematics. Linear spaces: general concepts, basis and dimension, linear transformations, inner product spaces; orthogonalisation and projection; matrix algebra: diagonalisation theorems for real symmetric matrices, quadratic forms, applications to analytical geometry, numerical methods of eigenvalue analysis for real symmetric matrices.
Assessment
Assignments: 50% * Examination: 50%
Prescribed texts
Anton H Elementary linear algebra 7th edn, Wiley, 1994