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Linear Algebra II Syllabus

This document provides information about a Linear Algebra II course offered at Injibara University. It outlines the course details including the instructor's name and contact information, course description, prerequisites, required textbooks, assessment breakdown, course objectives covering key concepts like eigenvalues, eigenvectors, matrix factorizations, and canonical forms, and a course outline with chapter details.

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Linear Algebra II Syllabus

This document provides information about a Linear Algebra II course offered at Injibara University. It outlines the course details including the instructor's name and contact information, course description, prerequisites, required textbooks, assessment breakdown, course objectives covering key concepts like eigenvalues, eigenvectors, matrix factorizations, and canonical forms, and a course outline with chapter details.

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Injibara University

Math1052
Linear Algebra II

Instructor’s Information

Name: Miliyon T.
Email: miliyon@ymail.com
Office No: 201 (Block 202)
Office Hours: TBD

Course Description: This course covers the characteristics equation of a matrix; orthogonal-
ity; matrix factorizations; canonical forms; direct sum decomposition of vector spaces; bilinear,
quadratic and positive definite forms.

Prerequisite(s): Linear Algebra I [Math1051].


Credit Hours: 3 hrs

Text(s):
1. Lang: Linear Algebra.
2. Schaum’s Outline in Linear Algebra.
References: Anton, Elementary linear algebra: application version, 8th ed, John Wiley & Sons,
Inc., Canada.

Assessment:
Assignments 20%
Quizzes 10%
Tests 20%
Final Exam 50%
Course Objectives:
At the end of successful accomplishment of the course, students will be able to:-
1. Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a square matrix,
2. Identify similar matrices,
3. Diagonalize a matrix when this is possible,
4. Define inner product space,
5. Find and apply the LU factorization of a matrix,
6. Understand the Gram-Schmidt process,
7. Find an orthogonal basis for a subspace,
8. Find an orthogonal complement of a subspace,
9. Recognize and invert orthogonal matrices,
10. Comprehend the three canonical forms of matrices.

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Course Outline:

Chapter Content

þ Eigenvalues and eigenvectors


þ The characteristic polynomial
Characteristic
Chapter 1

equation

þ Similarity of matrices and characteristic polynomial


þ The spectral radius of a matrix
þ Diagonalization
þ Decomposable matrices
þ Minimal polynomial and Cayley-Hamilton theorem

þ The inner product


þ Inner product spaces
þ Orthonormal sets
þ The Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization process
Orthogonality

þ Cauchy-Schwartz and triangular inequalities


Chapter 2

þ The dual space


þ Adjoint of linear operators
þ Self-adjoint linear operators
þ Isometry
þ Normal operators and the Spectral theorem
þ Factorization of a matrix (LU, Cholesky, QR)
þ Singular Value Decomposition

þ Elementary row and column operations on matrices


Canonical forms

þ Equivalence of matrices of polynomials


Chapter 3

þ Smith canonical forms and invariant factors


þ Similarity of matrices and invariant factors
þ The rational canonical forms
þ Elementary divisors
þ The normal and Jordan canonical forms
Direct Sum Quadratic forms

þ Bilinear forms and matrices


Chapter 4

þ Alternating bilinear forms


þ Symmetric bilinear forms; quadratic forms
þ Real symmetric bilinear forms
Decomposition of
Vector Spaces
Chapter 5

þ Definition of a direct sum of vector spaces


þ Projection and invariant subspaces of a linear operator
þ Primary decomposition theorem

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