2DE20 Math I (Linear Algebra)
- Area: Mathematics
- Topics: Differential Equations · Linear Algebra
- Related courses: Calculus - 2WBB0 · Math II - 5EMA0 · Control Systems - 5ESD0
Recommended: 3b1b




Determinant
Triangular matrix: Product of diagonal
Transforms:
- Transpose:
→ Row operations = Col operations - Row/Col operations:
- Interchange row/col:
- Multiply row/col by k:
- Inverse:
- Scale:
Invertible
- A is row equivalent to
- Ax=0 has the only solution x=0
- Ax=b has 1 unique solution
!= 0 - Column Space of A ==
Vector space
- Addition
- V is closed under addition
- Commutative
- Associative
- Identity element:
- V is closed under addition
- Multiplication
- Distributive (scalar & vector)
- Identity element:
Subspace
A subspace of vector space V is a subset W of V that has:
- The zero vector 0 of V is in W
is closed under vector addition are trivial subspaces of V
Column Space
Span: set of linear combinations of vectors
Colume space: span of column vectors
Basis: minimal subset of span that spans the vector space
Theorem:
Eigenvalue, eigenvector
Topic: Linear Algebra
: characteristic polynomial
Eigenspace

Orthogonality
- If
is an orthogonal basis for subspace W in then: - Spectral decomposition: Eigenvectors
forming orthonormal basis of corresponding to eigenvalues :
Gram-Schmidt process
Convert arbitrary basis
Diagonalization
Similar matrix:
: similar transformation → switching to eigenvectors basis → guarantee diagonal matrix
Same characteristic polynomial → same eigenvalues
Diagonalizing mxm matrix A into similar diagonal matrix D:
- Find eigenvalues
- Find eigenvectors
Theorem:
- nxn matrix is diagonalizable if and only if it has n distinct eigenvectors
- Eigenvectors corresponding to distinct eigenvalues are linearly independent
- nxn matrix with n distinct eigenvalues is diagonalizable
Isomorphism: 1-1 linear transformation from vector space V onto vector space W
: change of basis
Complex eigenvector, eigenvalue
Proof
Transform 2x2 matrix with complex eigen(value+vector) to rotation matrix:
- Find eigenvalue
- Find eigenvector
with:
Differential equation:
Topic: Differential Equations
Complex eigen(value+vector):
2x2
General solution:
Real solution:
Symmetric matrix:
Symmetric matrix:
Theorem:
- Have n real eigenvalues
- Eigenvectors corresponding to distinct eigenvalues are orthogonal
Eigenvectors form orthonormal basis Orthogonally diagonalizable: - Orthogonal
symmetric, symmetric orthogonal
Orthogonal matrix: