Rings. Ring of polynomials and its ideal structure.
The prime factorization of a polynomial. Lagrange interpolation.
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of linear operators.
Characteristic polynomial and Cayley-Hamilton theorem. The primary decomposition theorem.
Diagonalization. Nilpotent operators. Jordan decomposition in small dimension Jordan decomposition in general dimension- time permitted
Linear forms. Dual basis. Bilinear forms.
Inner product spaces. Orthogonal bases. Projections. Adjoint linear transformation. Unitary and Hermitian operators.
Normal operators and the spectral decomposition theorem. Singular value decomposition theorem and applications.