Math 4500
Matrix Theory
Fall 2006



Instructor        Bryan Shader
Office               RH 321 (or RH 203) 
Phone              766-6826
Email               bshader@uwyo.edu
Office Hours    M 10-11, W 11-12, Th 2:00-3:00 or by appointment 

Grading
    Homework              31%
    2 Midterm Exams    23% each
    1 Final Exam           23%

Homework sets will be given about once a week.  Your will be given one week to complete each homework set.  No late homework will be accepted.  Your homework solutions should be mathematically correct and written in full mathematical sentences.  The homework will be a mix between computation, application of the theory taught in class, real-world applications, and concepts.  Feel free to ask me specific questions (i.e. ones that show that you've already thought about the problem and just need some help getting unstuck) about the homework. It is okay to broadly discuss homework problems with other students in the class.  However, the main ideas of a solution and the final work should be your own.

There is no required textbook for this course.  Homework and exams will be base on the lectures.
A good reference book for the course is: Applied Linear Algebra by P. Olver and C. Shakiban
(Prentice Hall,  2006,  ISBN 0-13-147382-4).  

Matrix theory is one of the fundamental areas of mathematics.  It is used in virtually every area of advanced mathematics, and over the past century has been an important tool in various applications.  Accordingly, the goals of the course are two-fold:

Topics to be covered include: linear transformations, spectra of matrices, similarity, Jordan Canonical Form, inner products, unitary and normal matrices, the Singular Value Decomposition, and the Perron-Frobenius theory of nonnegative matrices.   Some applications that we will (hopefully) encounter are: the Discrete Fourier Transform, the Fast Fourier Transform, basic signal processing, population modeling, data compression, face recognition, least squares and date base searches.

A positive attitude toward learning and a willingness to work are required.  Ask question, come to
office hours, carefully go over your notes (several times), and enjoy learning something new!


Solutions to Final Review and Optional Homework
Solutions to Review for Exam 2


Solutions to Review for Exam 1 (Part 1)
Solutions to Review for Exam 1 (Part 2)
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