Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASMA 121 or CASMA 123 or CASMA 129 or consent of instructor - A thorough development of the fundamentals of linear algebra. Systems of linear equations; matrices, linear transformations, duality; determinants, characteristic and minimal polynomials; diagonalization and normal forms of linear transformations; inner products, unitary and self-adjoint operators, and spectral theory. Applications to physics, probability, and statistics. (Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CASMA 242.) Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Critical Thinking.

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