Time and place

Lecture: Mo, Do, 8-10h, HS Rundbau, Albertstr. 21
Tutorial: 2 hours, various dates
Sir-in Exam: Date to be announced

Teacher: Sebastian Goette
Assistant: Mikhail Tëmkin
Language: in German

Linear Algebra I is one of the two introductory lectures in the mathematics degree program that form the basis for further courses. Topics covered include: fundamental concepts (in particular fundamental concepts of set theory and equivalence relations), groups, fields, vector spaces over arbitrary fields, basis and dimension, linear mappings and transformation matrix, matrix calculus, linear systems of equations, Gaussian elimination, linear forms, dual space, quotient vector spaces and homomorphism theorem, determinant, eigenvalues, polynomials, characteristic polynomial, diagonalizability, affine spaces. The background to the mathematical content is explained in terms of ideas and the history of mathematics.

Required: High school mathematics. \ Attendance of the preliminary course (for students in mathematics) is recommended.

Linear Algebra