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CY-401 · Introduction to Linear Algebra/Official Syllabus

Introduction to Linear Algebra (CY-401) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Direct sum of a vector space

  • Direct sum of a vector space
  • Dual Spaces
  • Annihilator of a subspace
  • Quotient Spaces
  • Algebra of Linear transformations
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Unit 2

Characteristic values and characteristic polynomials

  • Characteristic values and characteristic polynomials
  • diagonalizable transformations
  • annihilating polynomials
  • Cayley-Hamilton theorem
  • invariant subspaces and triangular form
  • simultaneous triangularization and diagonalization
  • direct sum decompositions
  • invariant direct sums
  • primary decomposition theorem
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Unit 3

Adjoint of a linear transformation

  • Adjoint of a linear transformation
  • Inner product spaces
  • Eigen values and eigenvectors of a linear transformation
  • Diagonalization
  • Invariant subspaces
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Unit 4

Canonical forms

  • Canonical forms
  • Similarity of linear transformations
  • Reduction to triangular forms
  • Nilpotent transformations
  • Primary decomposition theorem
  • Jordan blocks and Jordan forms
  • Invariants of linear transformations
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Unit 5

Hermitian, Self adjoint, Unitary and normal linear transformation

  • Hermitian, Self adjoint, Unitary and normal linear transformation
  • Symmetric bilinear forms
  • skew symmetric bilinear forms
  • Group preserving bilinear forms

Reference Books

  • Finite dimensional vectors paces — P. Halmos — Springer
  • Linear algebra — Peter D. Lax — Wiley student edition
  • A course in algebra, Graduate text in Mathematics, volume 56 — E.B. Vinberg — AMS
  • Linear algebra — M. Thamban Nair, Arindama singh — Springer
  • Linear Algebra — K. Hoffman, R. Kunze — Prentice Hall of India — 2nd Edition
  • Linear Algebra Done Right — S. Axler — Springer UTM — 2nd Edition
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