FMA 120, Matrix Theory, Spring 2012

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Basic Course: 6 ECTS
Project Course: 6 ECTS + 3 ECTS for an extra project (that should be done during the course and presented afterwards)
PhD Course: 7.5 ECTS for PhD study (extended variant of the course where 3 extra chapters are for self-study)

Kursprogram (swe)
Mål (swe)
Allmän matriskunskap (swe)
Extraprojekt för 9 hp (swe)

Course Content:

The course covers all chapters except 10 of [Holst, Ufnarovski] and two mini-projects of MATLAB programming kind with deadlines being on 8/3 and 8/4 respectively. Those who pass the mini-projects will have a written take-home exam in April. Those who pass the written exam will need to complete it soon after by the oral exam (approx. 40-60 min). During the oral exam the understanding of the most important facts and notions in the course are tested in the first place.

Course responsible:

Andrey Ghulchak, room MH:350, phone 2228546, Office hours: Wednesday 11.00-12.30

Lectures and exercises:

Time table for VT1.

Literature in English:

A. Holst, V. Ufnarovski, Matrix Theory, August 2012, KFS.

Older versions can be used but they need to be completed with

December 2011: typos
Older 2011: typos, hints and exercises for Ch.11-12

Alternative book in Swedish (shorter with less examples):

S.Spanne, Föreläsningar i Matristeori, 1997, KFS.
S.Spanne, Exempel och problemer för öfning i Matristeori, 1996, KFS.

Chapters 1-14 until 14.3.

Mini-projects:

Andrey Ghulchak