| Lectures | ||
| Topics | Reading | |
| M 10/03
Lect. 8 |
Complex numbers: complex plane, addition and multiplication, complex conjugates, polar form of complex numbers, powers and roots, exponentiation, hyperbolic and trigonometric forms | Kreyszig 13.1, 13.2, 13.5, 13.6 (pages: 602-606, 607-611, 623-626, 626-629) |
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W 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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F 10/07
Lect. 10 |
Hermitian forms, similar matrices, eigenvalue basis, diagonal forms | Kreyszig 8.4, 8.5 (pages: 349-354, 356-361) |
| Laboratory | ||
| Date | Topics | Reading |
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Th 10/6
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 |
| 4 (counts double) | 5 Oct. | 21 Oct. (6PM) |
| 5 | 2 Nov. | 11 Nov. (6PM) |
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