The image of the unit sphere under any m x n matrix is a hyperellipse. (Image by Dr. Per-Olof Persson.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Steven G. Johnson
MIT Course Number
18.335J / 6.337J
As Taught In
Fall 2010
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course offers an advanced introduction to numerical linear algebra. Topics include direct and iterative methods for linear systems, eigenvalue decompositions and QR/SVD factorizations, stability and accuracy of numerical algorithms, the IEEE floating point standard, sparse and structured matrices, preconditioning, linear algebra software. Problem sets require some knowledge of MATLAB®.
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