Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

A student who successfully completes the course will be able to: be familiar with advanced concepts about matrices over field, understand basic results about matrices over commutative rings, apply computational techniques for generalized eigenvalue problems and for computing general functions of a matrix.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 21.10.2024 - 29.11.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Vanni Noferini

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Matrices over rings, Smith theorem, polynomial matrices, linearizations, canonical forms, theory and computation of functions of matrices, analytic matrix-valued functions, non-negative matrices.

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Project+presentation

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    24 hours lectures, 6 hours exercises, 100 hours individual study

DETAILS

Study Material
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Primarily lecture notes. Suggested further materials such as books will be provided during the lectures.

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language: English

    Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn II
    2025-2026 No teaching