Subject description
Lectures:
- Basic operations with vectors,
- Operations with matrices,
- Systems of linear equations,
- Vector spaces,
- Orthogonal projections and overdetermined systems,
- Symmetric and orthogonal matrices,
- Determinants,
- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
Lab practice:
Support of the theoretical knowledge by practical examples
Study of examples relevant for the computer science and informatics students
At the lab practice sessions students will individually solve problems under the supervision of an assistant.
Homeworks:
Homework assignments are obligatory and provided in a weekly rhythm, but less time demanding. The purpose of homework is to prepare students to prompt study of the subject. Students can solve homeworks either individually or collectively. The contents of homework topics are usually following contact hours.
The subject is taught in programs
Objectives and competences
The course aims to acquaint students with the methods of linear algebra, and train them to use these methods in solving problems in various areas of computer science.
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, lab practice, homeworks
Expected study results
After successfully completing the course, the students will be able to:
-know and use basic objects (scalars, vectors, matrices) and the relationships between them,
-perform basic operations over them, and understand the properties of these operations,
– apply methods of linear algebra to solving problems arising in other fields (computer science, science, engineering),
-realize that the same methods can be used in solving various concrete examples in the field of modelling various phenomena with computers,
-use of abstraction of linear algebra and linear systems to model and solve specific problems.
Basic sources and literature
- Bojan Orel: Linearna algebra, Založba FRI, 2017, dostopno na http://matematika.fri.uni-lj.si/LA/lapdf.
- Gilbert Strang, Introduction to Linear Algebra, Cambridge press, 2003.
- David Poole: Linear Algebra, A Modern Introduction, Brooks/Cole, 2011.
Aleksandra Franc: Rešene naloge iz linearne algebre, 2019, dostopno na http://matematika.fri.uni-lj.si/la/la_zbirka.pdf.
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