Jochen Kuttler

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science - Mathematics & Statistical Sciences
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Fall Term 2024 (1890)

MATH 225 - Linear Algebra II

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Vector spaces. Inner product spaces. Examples of n-space and the space of continuous functions. Gram-Schmidt process, QR factorization of a matrix and least squares. Linear transformations, change of basis, similarity and diagonalization. Orthogonal diagonalization, quadratic forms. Applications in a variety of fields. Prerequisites: One of MATH 100, 113, 114, 117, 134, 144, 154 or SCI 100, and one of MATH 102, 125 or 127. Note: Credit can be obtained in at most one of MATH 225 or 227.

LECTURE B1 (48050)

2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
TR 12:30 - 13:50



MATH 348 - Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces

3 units (fi 6)(FIRST, 3-0-0)

Frenet-Seret theory of curves in the plane and in 3-space, examples; local theory of surfaces in 3-space: first and second fundamental forms, Gauss map and Gauss curvature, geodesics and parallel transport, theorema egregium, mean curvature and minimal surfaces. Prerequisites: One of MATH 102, 125 or 127 and one of MATH 209, 215, 217, 315 or MA PH 351.

LECTURE A1 (48003)

2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
TR 11:00 - 12:20

Winter Term 2025 (1900)

MATH 226 - Algebraic Structures

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Groups and their homomorphisms; commutative rings and modules; fields and vector spaces; subgroups and quotient groups, permutation groups; modules, submodules, quotient modules; polynomials rings and their ideals, modules over polynomial rings. Prerequisite: MATH 125. Note: Cannot be taken for credit if credit has been received in MATH 227.

LECTURE Q1 (78120)

2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
MWF 09:00 - 09:50