Mathematics 545 - Lin Alg Appl Math
Spring
2026
04
3.00
Eric Sarfo Amponsah
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
80318
Lederle Grad Res Tower Rm 171
esarfoampons@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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