MA 55400, Fall 2025
Course Description
Credit Hours: 3.00. Review of basics: vector spaces, dimension, linear maps, matrices determinants, linear equations. Bilinear forms; inner product spaces; spectral theory; eigenvalues. Modules over a principal ideal domain; finitely generated abelian groups; Jordan and rational canonical forms for a linear transformation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
Course Materials
| Section | Type | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALL | Textbook | Abstract Algebra (3rd) | Dummit and Foote |
| ALL | Textbook | Linear Algebra (2nd) | Kenneth Hoffman, Ray Alden |
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