28570 - Geometry and Algebra T-A (L-Z)

Academic Year 2012/2013

  • Moduli: Francesco Regonati (Modulo 1) Nicoletta Cantarini (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Engineering Management (cod. 0925)

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of basic concepts and ability to use basic tools of Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry.

Course contents

Preliminaries: Operations with sets. Functions. Algebraic structures.


Analytic Geometry: Cartesian coordinates on the line, the plane and 3-space. Geometric loci in the plane, lines, conics. Vectors. Planes and lines in 3-space, equations (cartesian or parametric), parallelism, orthogonality.


Linear Algebra: Vector spaces. Linear dependence, generators and bases; dimension. Subspaces. Linear systems . Matrices. Row reduction. Rank of a matrix. Theorem of Rouché-Capelli. Determinant. Linear transformations. Base change. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Diagonalizable matrices. Metric spaces. Scalar product; Euclidean spaces; norm. Orthonormal Bases.

For further informations see the homepages of Prof. Nicoletta Cantarini and Francesco Regonati,

http://www.dm.unibo.it/~nicoletta.cantarini/
http://www.dm.unibo.it/~regonati/

Readings/Bibliography

1) Lecture Notes of Prof. A. Gimigliano, "GEOMETRIA E ALGEBRA T-A",available at
http://campus.unibo.it/cgi/lista?nav=d


2) P. Maroscia: Introduzione alla geometria e all'algebra lineare (Zanichelli, Bologna, 2000)

3) M.Abate, C. de Fabritiis: Esercizi di Geometria , McGrow-Hill. (Eserciziario consigliato)


For further informations see the homepages of Prof. Nicoletta Cantarini and Francesco Regonati,
http://www.dm.unibo.it/~nicoletta.cantarini/
http://www.dm.unibo.it/~regonati/

Assessment methods

First a written test, and then an oral test.

Links to further information

http://www.dm.unibo.it/~regonati/

Office hours

See the website of Francesco Regonati

See the website of Nicoletta Cantarini