81855 - Geometry 1A (M-Z)

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Moduli: Luca Migliorini (Modulo 1) Enrico Fatighenti (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Mathematics (cod. 8010)

Learning outcomes

The goal of the course is to introduce the first notions of linear algebra and begin the study of the normal form of an endomorphism

Course contents

Fields and rings

Vector spaces over fields

Subspaces, bases, dimension, grassmann formula

Linear maps

Matrices associated with linear maps

Dimension of Ker and Im

Systems of linear equations

change of bases

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of an endomorphism

characteristic polynomial

Conjugate matrices

Diagonalizability

Hom(V,W) and the dual space

The quotient space by a subspace

TRiangolability of an endomorphism

Readings/Bibliography

Marco Manetti: Algebra lineare per matematici. Available online

Teaching methods

Lectures at the blackboard

Assessment methods

Written exam followed by an oral exam

Office hours

See the website of Luca Migliorini

See the website of Enrico Fatighenti