Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry

2022 Course Programme

Instructors

Efthymia Meletlidou
Charikleia Meleti

-Intoduction to vector calulus. Sum and difference of two vectors. Exterior product of a vector. Algebraic form of a vector. Inner product of vectors.

-Structure of vector spaces: Basic algabraic structures. Vector spaces. Vector subspaces.

-Linear dependence and bases: Linear combination of vectors. Linear dependence and indendence. ?Basis and dimension of a vector space.

-Representation of vectors and geometric concepts: Coordinates of a point in orthogonal and oblique systems. Projection of a vector. Direction cosines. Exterior and mixed product of vecors.

-Matrices and properties: Definition of a matrix. Operations of matrices. Symmetric,antisymmetric and orthogonal matrices. Powers of matrices. Comlex matrices. Inner product of real and comlex vectors.

-Determinants and inverse matrices. Properties of determinats. Evaluation of a determinant. Inverse matrix with the use of determinants.

-Transformation of matrices. Elementary transformations. Stepped matrices. Rank of a matrix. Nonhomogeneous and homogeneous linear systems.

-Methods of solving linear systems: Gauss elimination. Cramer method. Inverse matrix method. Linear system investigation.

-Einvalues and eigenvectors: Definitions and properties. Their calculation. Cayley–Hamilton theorem. Similar matrices and similarity transformations. Diagonalization of matrices. Minimal polynomial of a matrix.

-Changa of basis in Eucledian space. Coordinates in Eucledian space. Transposition and rotation of the axes. Cartesian, polar, cylidrical and spherical coordinate system.

-Staight lines and planes in Eucledian space.: Equations of straight lines and planes. Comparative position of straight lines and planes.

-Conic sections, circle, parabola, Ellipse, Hyperbola. Definitions and properties.

Recommended Textbooks

– Μια Εισαγωγή στη Γραμμική Άλγεβρα και Αναλυτική Γεωμετρία, Γαϊτάνος Θ., Μελετλίδου Ε., Μουστακίδης Χ., Παπαδόπουλος Δ., Πασχάλης Ι., Εκδόσεις Ζήτη, 2019 (Εύδοξος: 77118476) ΔΗΛ

– Γραμμική Άλγεβρα, Αναλυτική Γεωμετρία και Εφαρμογές, Καδιανάκης Ν., Καρανάσιος Σ., Εκδόσεις Συμμετρία, 2017 (Εύδοξος: 68382505) ΔΗΛ

– Εισαγωγή στη Γραμμική Άλγεβρα και Αναλυτική Γεωμετρία (2η Έκδοση), Ιωαννίδου Θ., Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, 2021 (Εύδοξος: 77106815) ΔΗΛ