MATH2040A - Linear Algebra II - 2024/25

Announcement

• Aug 29: Welcome to the course. No tutorial in the first week. Here is the course outline [PDF]: [Download file]

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General Information

Lecturer

• Prof Renjun DUAN
  • Office: LSB 206
  • Tel: 3943 7977
  • Email:

Teaching Assistant

• Mr. Kam Fai CHAN
  • Office: LSB 232
  • Tel: 3943 5294
  • Email:
• Mr. Junhao ZHANG
  • Office: LSB 232
  • Tel: 3943 5294
  • Email:

Time and Venue

• Lecture: Monday 15:30-16:15 Mong Man Wai Bldg 710; Thursday 16:30-18:15 Mong Man Wai Bldg 710
• Tutorial: Monday 16:30-17:15 Mong Man Wai Bldg 710; Thursday 15:30-16:15 Mong Man Wai Bldg 710

Course Description

This course is a continuation of Linear Algebra I (MATH 1030). It is a second course on linear algebra and will cover basic concepts of abstract vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalizability, operators on inner product spaces, orthogonality and Gram-Schmidt process, adjoint, normal and self-adjoint operators, spectral theorems, and if time permits, quadratic forms and Jordan canonical forms. More emphasis will be put on the theoretical understanding of basic concepts in linear algebra.

Textbooks

• Friedberg, Insel and Spence, Linear algebra, 4th edition, Pearson.

References

• Axler, Linear Algebra Done Right, 3rd edition, Springer.
• Strang, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 4th edition, Cengage Learning.

Pre-class Notes

• Full Review Note

Lecture Notes

• LN01: Vector Space
• LN02: Subspace
• LN03: Span, Linearly (in-)dependent
• LN04: Basis, (In-)finite-dimensional, Dimension
• LN05: Linear Transformations
• LN06: Null space, Range, Dimension Theorem
• LN07: Matrix Representation of a Linear Transformation
• LN08: Invertibility, Isomorphism
• LN09: Change of Coordinates
• LN10: Eigenvalue, Eigenvector, Diagonalizable Linear Transformation

Tutorial Notes

• Tutorial 1
• Tutorial 2
• Tutorial 3
• Tutorial 4
• Tutorial 5

Assignments

• Homework 01
• Homework 02
• Homework 03
• Homework 04
• Homework 05

Solutions

• Suggested solutions to Homework 1
• Suggested solutions to Homework 2
• Suggested solutions to Homework 3
• Suggested solutions to Homework 4

Assessment Scheme

Homework (about ten times)		10%
Midterm Test (Time and date: 1830-2030 Oct 25 Friday; Venue: TBA)		40%
Final (TBA by University)		50%

Useful Links

• Axler, Linear Algebra Done Right, 3rd edition, Springer.
• Strang, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 4th edition, Cengage Learning.
• Textbook via CUHK library

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http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/

and thereby help avoid any practice that would not be acceptable.

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