Eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and diagonalization. Canonical form under similarity: Jordan canonical form and rational canonical form, inner product and norm. Gram-Schmidt process, adjoint of a linear operator, normal and self-adjoint operators, unitary and orthogonal operators, spectral theorem.
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Grading1, 2, 3
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Level LimitCreative studies
CollegeYou can learn a lot in professor Casteels' class, but he does not trick you in homework or exams. So you can learn a lot, and still get good grades.
Reasonable tests and homework. Easy, but not so easy it feels pointless. Very straightforward and clear lectures. Wants his students to learn. Lots of help during office hours. Definitely take him, you will learn a lot without much stress.
he admits himself that he's not an expert on this class and isn't really good at explaining but makes up for it by giving out free homework scores. you only need a 60% on hw to get full credit, but can sometimes be a hassle. exams are pretty computation heavy. dont expect the exams to be a copy past of the practice, theyre not. anythings fair game
This prof would constantly forget to post important things on canvas which can be really annoying when you're trying really hard to get a good grade in the class. Homework is really hard and it just doesn't seem like he gaf. Somewhat funny but makes everything more complicated than they need to be
He's the one
He is GOAT
Maribel Bueno
3.5
Qing Zhang
4.8
Davit Harutyunyan
2.9