| Lectures | ||
| Topics | Reading | |
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M 10/05
Lect. 9 |
Matrix eigenvalues: eigenvalue/eigenvector definitions, invariants, principal directions and values, symmetric, skew-symmetric, and orthogonal systems, orthogonal transformations | Kreyszig 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 (pages: 334-338, 340-343, 345-348) |
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W 10/07
Lect. 10 |
Hermitian forms, similar matrices, eigenvalue basis, diagonal forms | Kreyszig 8.4, 8.5 (pages: 349-354, 356-361) |
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F 10/09
Lect. 11 |
Vector calculus: vector algebra, inner products, cross products, determinants as triple products, derivatives of vectors | Kreyszig 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 (pages: 364-369, 371-374, 377-383, 384-388) |
| Laboratory | ||
| Date | Topics | Reading |
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Th 10/8
Lab 3 |
File input/output, plotting data |
Mathematica Help Browser
``tutorial/ImportingAndExportingFiles,''
``tutorial/ImportingAndExportingData,'' ``tutorial/lottingListsOfData,'' ``tutorial/ManipulatingNumericalData,'' ``tutorial/CurveFitting,'' ``guide/Statistics''; Functions: Dimensions, Append, AppendTo, Mean, StandardDeviation, ListPlot, Table, MultipleListPlot, Fit, FindFit |
| Homework | ||
| Homework Set | Out | Due |
| 2 | 18 Sept. | 5 Oct. |
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