Linear and Multilinear Algebra (FA22)
Course Info:
- Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, block 12 (12:50 - 1:55 p.m.)
- x-period: Tuesday, block 12X (1:20 - 2:10 p.m.)
- Dates: 12 September 2022 - 14 November 2022
- Room: Kemeny 343
- Instructor: John Voight
- Instructor office: Kemeny 341
- E-mail: jvoight@gmail.com
- Office hours:
- Wednesdays, 9:00-10:00 a.m.,
- during x-hour, or
- please make an appointment by email!
- Course Web Page: https://canvas.dartmouth.edu/courses/54139/ (or http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~m101f22/ redirects)
- Prerequisites: A previous course in undergraduate algebra is strongly recommended.
- Required Text: David S. Dummit and Richard M. Foote, Abstract algebra, 3rd ed., Wiley, 2003; see their errata.
- Recommended Texts:
- Stephen Friedberg, Arnold Insel, and Lawrence Spence, Linear algebra, 4th. ed., Pearson, 2002.
- Steven Roman, Advanced linear algebra, 3rd. ed., GTM vol. 135, 2007.
- Serge Lang, Algebra, 3rd. ed., GTM vol. 211, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
- Grading: Grade will be based on daily homework, weekly homework, and a final exam.
Course Catalogue Description:
This course treats the subject of linear and multilinear algebra from an abstract point of view. Topics include bilinear forms, tensor products, algebras over a field, symmetric and exterior powers, and universal properties. Applications include the representation and character theory of finite groups.
See the official syllabus.
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