SYS 5190

TRAVAUX DIRIGÉS /DIRECTED STUDIES

UNDER CONSTRUCTION:

Session du printemps / Spring Term: 2003.05.05 - 2003.07.xx. 10 sem./weeks weeks - 3 cr.)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
TRAVAUX DIRIGÉS /DIRECTED STUDIES.
VOIR/SEE: MAT4781/4381, MAT3341 .

INSTRUCTOR: Rémi VAILLANCOURT

LECTURES: S/O / N/A


TEXTBOOK:

  • No specific textbook needed, although a text similar to those listed as references is useful.
  • CLASS NOTES as the course progresses will be put on the web and on sale at MRN 0028


    • REFERENCEs:

  • Matrix Computations, 1st and 3rd ed., G. H. Golub and C. F. Van Loan, John Hopkins Univ. Press, Boltimore, 1983, 1996. The best research monograph.
  • Numerical Linear Algebra and Applications, B. N. Datta, Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, 1995. A good text by a Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa.
  • The Algebraic Eigenvalue Problem, J.H. Wilkinson, Prentice-Hall, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1965. The classic.


    • MARKING SCHEME:

  • Assignments (AS) 10%
  • Midterm (MT) 30%
  • Final exam (FE) 60%
  • Marks in assignments and tests : Marks3341.html,
  • E-mail to the class : e-mail.


    • COURSE OBJECTIVES:
    In this course, algebra meets geometry. The students will learn to apply algebra to matrix computation. The core of the course will be matrix factorizations. Matlab, which stood originally for "matrix lab" is a useful software for the course.

    COURSE OUTLINE - NOT DONE YET:

  • Mathematical preliminaries


    • Last modified: 2003.04.17