Mathematics 275 - Linear Algebra II
Spring
2021
01
4.00
Amalia Culiuc
TTH 03:50PM-05:10PM; F 03:50PM-04:40PM
Amherst College
MATH-275-01-2021S
SMUD 014; SMUD 014
aculiuc@amherst.edu
This course is a continuation of the material in MATH 271 and 272, providing more insight into abstract vector spaces and operator theory. Topics may include least squares estimates, singular value decompositions, Jordan canonical forms, inner product spaces, linear functionals and duals, orthogonal polynomials, vector and matrix norms, the spectral theorem, eigenvalue inequalities, and error-correcting codes. Time permitting, applications to graph theory and discrete dynamical systems may be explored. Four class hours per week.
Requisites: MATH 271, MATH 272, or consent of the instructor. Limited to 25 students. Spring semester. Professor Culiuc.