Mathematics 333 - TOPICS IN ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
Spring
2019
01
4.00
David Meyer
MWF 02:40-04:00
Smith College
30555-S19
BURTON 307
dmeyer@smith.edu
Topics course. Normally offered in alternate years.
: This is a second course in linear algebra that explores the structure of matrices. Topics may include characteristic and minimal polynomials, diagonalization and canonical forms of matrices, the spectral theorem, the singular value decomposition theorem, an introduction to modules, and applications to problems in optimization, Markov chains, and others.
: This is a second course in linear algebra that explores the structure of matrices. Topics may include characteristic and minimal polynomials, diagonalization and canonical forms of matrices, the spectral theorem, the singular value decomposition theorem, an introduction to modules, and applications to problems in optimization, Markov chains, and others.