Math 508 Matrix Theory,
Spring 2012
Instructor Chi-Kwong Li.
The College of William and Mary.
Other affiliations.
University of Hong Kong, Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanghai University.
E-mail: math.ckli@gmail.edu, http://cklixx.people.wm.edu/
Course description:
A study of matrix theory based on the book
R.A. Horn and C.R. Johnson, Matrix Analysis, Cambridge Univeresity Press, (paper back) 1990.
Students will do the reading and consult the instructor by e-mail or Skype meetings.
Other references
- Rajendra Bhatia,
Matrix Analysis (Graduate Texts in Mathematics).
- Fuzhen Zhang,
Matrix Theory.
- Fuzhen Zhang,
Matrix Theory: Basic Results and Techniques (Universitext).
Homework list and due date
- March 5-12. Study Chapter 0 and 1.1. Homework. Section 1.1. nos. 3, 5, 7.
- March 13-26. Study Sections 1.2 - 1.4. Homework. Seciton 1.2 nos 2,4; Section 1.3 nos. 2, 5, 13,
Section 1.4 nos. 2,9,10.
- March 27-April 2. Study Sections 2.0 - 2.3. Homework. Section 2.1 nos. 12, 14. Section 2.2 nos. 6, 8.
Section 2.3, nos. 5, 7.
- April 2-9. Study Section 2.4. Homework. Section 2.4 nos. 6, 9, 11, 12.
- April 10-16. Study Section 2.5-2.6. Homework. Section 2.5. nos. 1, 7, 8. Section 2.6. nos. 3, 5.
- April 17-23. Study Section 3.0 - 3.2.5. Homework. Section 3.1. no. 3. Section 3.2. nos. 3, 7, 11, 13.
- April 24-30. Study Section 3.2.6 - 3.3. Homework. Section 3.2. nos. 15, 17. Section 3.3. nos. 11, 12.
- May 1-7. Study Section 3.4 - 3.5.
- May 8-14. Study Sections 4.0 - 4.3.
- May 15-21. Study Sections 4.4 - 4.6.
- May 22-28. Study Sections 5.0 - 5.4.
- May 29-June 4. Study Sections 5.5 - 5.8.
- June 5-11. Study Section Chapter 6.
- June 12-18. Study Chapter 7.0 - 7.2.
- June 19-22. Study Chapter 7.3 - 7.5.
- June 23-30. Study Chapter 8.