MATC70 Matrix Theory, 7.5 credits, is an elective course at upper basic level for a Bachelor or Master of Science degree in mathematics at the Faculty of Science. The course is given by the Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Engineering (with the course code FMAN71). The course is given at 25% study pace during the autumn semester. The language of instruction is English.

Course Content
The course covers matrices, linear spaces, spectral theory, the Jordan normal form, matrix factorisations, matrix polynomials and functions, norms, scalar products, normal matrices, quadratic and Hermitian forms, the least squares method, pseudo-inverses and non-negative matrices

Teaching
The teaching consists of lectures and exercise classes. Two smaller programming assignments shall be completed during the course.

Assessment
The examination consists of a written home examination, an appurtenant oral examination and two programming assignments. The oral examination is only given to those students who have passed the written home examination

Course Literature

A. Holst, V. Ufnarovski, Matrix Theory, 2014 (Studentlitteratur), 2013(KFS) or 2012 (KFS)

Official Course Description

Course Evaluation
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