Abstract and Linear Algebra are applicable to every discipline, be it engineering and technology, economics or social sciences. It is essential for the students to get acquainted with the subject of Abstract and Linear Algebra at an early stage. The present course has been designed to introduce the subject to undergraduate/postgraduate students in science and engineering. The course contains a good introduction to each topic and an advance treatment of theory at a fairly understandable level to the students at this stage.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
Mathematics
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Sourav Mukhopadhyay is an Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has completed his B.Sc (Honours in Mathematics) in1997 from University of Calcutta, India. He has done M.Stat (in statistics) and M.Tech (in computer science) from Indian Statistical Institute, India, in 1999 and 2001 respectively. He worked with Cryptology Research Group at Indian Statistical Institute as a PhD student and received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from there in 2007. He was a Research Assistant at the Computer Science department of School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS). He visited Inria Rocquencourt, project CODES, France and worked as a post-doctoral research fellows at the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He was a post-doctoral research fellows and a part time Lecturer with School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland.
Additional information
Institute
IIT KGP
Total hours
20
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CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE
Assignment score = Score more than 50% in at least 6/8 assignments.
Exam score = 50% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100
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EXAM FEE: The remote proctoring exam is optional for a fee of Rs.1500 + GST. An additional fee of Rs.1500 will apply for a non-standard time slot.
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Course Details
Week 1 : Basic set theory Week 2 : Group Theory Week 3 : Rings and Polynomial rings Week 4 : Field and finite fields Week 5 : Matrices and determinants Week 6 : Vector spaces over fields Week 7 : Linear transformations and their matrices Week 8 : Linear equations
Books and References
1. M. Artin: Algebra.
2. S. D. Dummit and M. R. Foote: Abstract Algebra.
3. I. N. Herstein: Topics in Algebra.
4. K. Hoffman and R. Kunze: Linear Algebra.
5. Thomas W. Judson: Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications
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