TMA4145 - Linear Methods
Fall Semester 2007

  
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Lecturer: Idar Hansen. Room 1254, Sentralbygg II.
E-mail: idar.hansenatmath.ntnu.no.
Office hours: Wednesday 11-12
Teaching assistant: Lars Sydnes. Room 1201, Sentralbygg II.
E-mail: sydnesatmath.ntnu.no.
Office hours: Monday 11-12
Student assistant: Eivind Fonn.
E-mail: eivindfoatstud.math.ntnu.no
Office hours: Thursday 13-14 (Exception: October 11.)
Room 822 Sentralbygg II
Lectures: Monday 15:15 - 17:00, S4,
Thursday 14:15 - 16:00, KJL5.
Problem sessions: Wednesday 17:15 - 19:00. Location: KJL3/KJL4
The problem sets are mandatory. Twelve problem sets will be given and eight of these must be approved in order to take the final exam.

Problem sets and solutions,   Old exams,   Dictionary.
Referansegruppe: Petter Arnesen, petteraratstud.ntnu.no,
Tia H. Firing, tiahelenatstud.ntnu.no,
Jon A. Karlsen, jonaukleatstud.ntnu.no,
Eivind S. Simonsen, eivinsiatstud.ntnu.no.
Course material:
G. Strang: Linear Algebra and its Applications, 4th edition,
International Thomson Publishing, ISBN 0-534-42200-4.
N. Young:An introduction to Hilbert Space,
Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-33717-8.
E. Kreyszig:Introductory Functional Analysis with Applications,
John Wiley & Sons. (Xeroxed material from chapters 1 and 5.)
Final syllabus:
Strang: Chap. 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.4, 2.6, 3.1-3.4, 4.1-4.4, 5.1-5.2, 5.4-5.6, 6.1-6.3.
Young: Chap. 1-4, 6.
Kreyszig: Xeroxed material from chapters 1 and 5.
The problem sets.
Final exam: December 17th 2007, 4 hours (code D).
Midterm: The midterm will be on Wednesday October 10th 17:15-19:00 in Auditorium F1. This is arranged with the same rules as an ordinary exam. If you need special treatment, please contact Idar Hansen. The only permitted aid for the midterm (like the exam) is the HP30s calculator.

The midterm will cover the following material:

Kreyszig: Xeroxed material from chapters 1 and 5.
Strang: Chap. 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.4 and 2.6.
Plus the Cholesky factorization on page 320.
Problem sets (øving): No. 1-6.