GS203 : Mathematics III

Department

Department of Marine Engineering

Academic Program

Bachelor in Marine machinery and engines

Type

General

Credits

03

Prerequisite

GS102

Overview

Linear Algebra.

· Definition of matrices, Types of matrices, and their properties.

· Operations on matrices and their properties.

· Elementary row operations and reduced row form (Echelon form)

· Systems of linear equations and their solutions using reduced matrix and matrix inverses.

· Determinants, their properties, and a determinant formula for matrix inverse.

· System of linear equations and their solutions using Cramer’s rule and using elementary transformations.

· Eigenvalues and eigenvectors and the Hamilton Cayley theorem.

· Introduction to fields (Real, complex), vectors, linearly dependent and independent vectors, basis, and dimension. Dot product, cross product, and their applications.

· Calculus of vectors; functions of vectors and their derivatives, gradient, divergence and curl. The vector differential operator del.