Fields, vector spaces over a field, linear transformations; inner product spaces, coordinatization and change of basis; diagonalizability, orthogonal transformations, invariant subspaces, Cayley-Hamilton theorem; hermitian inner product, normal, self-adjoint and unitary operations. Some applications such as the method of least squares and introduction to coding theory.
Prerequisite
MATA22H3 or MAT240H
Exclusion
MAT224H
Breadth Requirements
Quantitative Reasoning