Mathematics 545 - Lin Alg Appl Math

Spring
2026
03
3.00
Maria Correia

M W F 1:25PM 2:15PM

UMass Amherst
80299
Lederle Grad Res Tower Rm 171
correia@umass.edu
Basic concepts (over real or complex numbers): vector spaces, basis, dimension, linear transformations and matrices, change of basis, similarity. Study of a single linear operator: minimal and characteristic polynomial, eigenvalues, invariant subspaces, triangular form, Cayley-Hamilton theorem. Inner product spaces and special types of linear operators (over real or complex fields): orthogonal, unitary, self-adjoint, hermitian. Diagonalization of symmetric matrices, applications.

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