Math 570: Matrix Analysis
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Contents
Catalog Information
Title
Matrix Analysis.
Credit Hours
3
Prerequisite
Math 302 or 313; or equivalents.
Description
Special classes of matrices, canonical forms, matrix and vector norms, localization of eigenvalues, matrix functions, applications.
Desired Learning Outcomes
Math 570 is a one semester course on matrix analysis.
Prerequisites
Math 313 or 302 or equivalent and Math 112, 113, 314.
Minimal learning outcomes
Matrix arithmetic and Linear transformations The theory of determinants including all proofs of their properties Rank of a matrix and elementary matrices Spectral theory
Shur's theorem Principal invariants of trace and determinant Quadratic forms and second derivative test Gerschgorin's theorem
Abstract vector spaces and general fields
Axioms Subspaces and bases Applications to general fields
Linear transformations
Matrix of a linear transformation Rotations Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of linear transformations
Cannonical forms
Jordan Cannonical form
Markov chains and migration processes
Regular Markov matrices Absorbing states and gambler's ruin
Inner product spaces
Gramm Schmidt process Tensor product of vectors Least squares Fredholm alternative Determinants and volume
Self adjoint operators
Simultaneous diagonalization Spectral theory of self adjoint operators Positive and negative linear transformations Fractional powers Polar decompositions Applications Singular value decomposition The Frobenius norm and approximation in this norm Least squares and the Moore Penrose inverse
Norms for finite dimensional vector spaces
The p norms The condition number The spectral radius Sequences and series of linear operators Iterative methods for solutions of linear systems
Textbooks
Possible textbooks for this course include (but are not limited to):