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PMTH213 Linear Algebra
Updated: 26 September 2008
| Credit Points |
6 |
| Offering |
| Responsible Campus |
Teaching Period |
Mode of Study |
|
Armidale
|
Semester 2
|
Off Campus
|
|
Armidale
|
Semester 2
|
On Campus
|
|
| Online level |
Level B - Internet access required
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| Intensive School(s) |
| Start |
Finish |
Attendance |
Notes |
06 July 2009
|
08 July 2009
|
Non-Mandatory
|
|
|
| Supervised Exam |
November
|
| Pre-requisites |
MATH101 and MATH102 or candidature in a postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
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| Co-requisites |
None
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| Restrictions |
PMTH213A
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| Notes |
None |
| Combined Units |
None
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| Coordinator(s) |
Yihong Du
(ydu@une.edu.au)
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| Unit Description |
Topics covered include vector spaces, linear transformations, matrices, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, Cayley-Hamilton Theorem, diagonalisation, inner product spaces, orthogonality, Gram-Schmidt orthogonalisation, classification of real quadratic forms. Three lectures and a one-hour tutorial per week.
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Prescribed Material
Mandatory |
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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Recommended Material
Optional |
Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
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| Disclaimer |
Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |
