Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)
MATHEMATICS, LINEAR ALGEBRAFMA656
Credits: 4,5. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: G1 (First Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. FMA656 overlaps following cours/es: FMA420 and FMA421. Compulsory for: IBYA1, IBYI1, IBYV1, IDA1, IEA1. Course coordinator: Director of Studies, Anders Holst, Anders.Holst@math.lth.se, Mathematics. Assessment: Written test. Home page: http://www.maths.lth.se/matematiklth/grundkurser/hbg.

Aim
The course aims at giving a basic treatment of linear algebra. Particular emphasis is given to the role it plays in applications in different areas of technology, in order to give the future engineer a good foundation for further studies.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Contents
Systems of linear equations. Vectors. Bases and coordinate systems. Equations for lines and planes in space. Scalar product with applications. Vector product with applications. Matrices. Linear transformations. Determinants.

Literature
Sparr, G: Linjär algebra. Studentlitteraturm 1994. ISBN: 9789144197524.