Course round VT2016

General Information

There will be 9 lectures and 9 sets of written homework assignments. A peer review grading procedure will be applied. At the end of the course the participants will be asked to present a relevant topic extending the curriculum of the course.
The first part (9 lectures) of the course coincides with the MSc level course EQ2820 Matrix Algebra, 7.5 cr.
Examiner and Course responsible:Magnus Jansson
Lectures will be held by Mats Bengtsson and Magnus Jansson
Course literature: "Matrix Analysis 2nd ed" by R.A. Horn and C. R. Johnson. We will also use some parts of "Topics in Matrix Analysis" by the same authors, but it should not be strictly necessary to buy this book + lecture slides
Grading: Pass/Fail
Number of credits: 10 ECTS

Weekly homework assignment, to be solved and reported individually according to schedule. Each problem is graded according to 0 points (0-40% correct), 1 p (40-60% correct), 2p (60-80% correct), 3 p (80-100% correct). A total of at least 80% of max score is required (written exam if homework is not satisfactorily solved).
Peer-review grading of assigned problem sets
Oral presentation of assigned topic and active participation during other students presentations

For the first 9 lectures, please see the schedule of the MSc level course EQ2820 Matrix Algebra, 7.5 cr.

The topics and schedule for presentations will be determined during the course.

Copies of handouts and homework assignments can be found here.