Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
END 210E Linear Algebra for Industrial Engineering English Compulsory
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 4.5 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites MAT 104 MIN DD
or MAT 104E MIN DD
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Linear Equations and Matrices: Linear systems of equations, matrices, matrix product, algebraic properties of matrix operations, special matrices (square, symmetric, orthogonal, triangular, diagonal, etc.); Solving Linear Systems: Echelon form of a matrix and its rank, solving linear systems, elementary matrices, matrix inverses, equivalent matrices; Determinants: Definition and properties of the determinant, cofactor expansion and finding the inverse of a matrix, applications of the determinant, Cramer’s rule; Real Vector Spaces: Vectors in two- and three-dimensional spaces, definition of a vector space, subspaces, spanning, linear independence, basis, dimension, orthonormalization (Gram-Schmidt process), projection matrix; Eigenvalues and eigenvectors: Diagonalization and the matrix power, positive definite and semi-definite matrices, the Singular Value Decomposition.