KOW Pu Zhao (邱普照)

General Information

• Begins ~ ends: September 7, 2026 ~ December 25, 2026
• Instructor: Pu-Zhao Kow
• Email: pzkow [at] g.nccu.edu.tw
• Office hour: Thursday (16:10 ~ 17:00)
• Teaching Language: Chinese and English
• Lecture Notes:
  • Pu-Zhao Kow, Singular value decomposition of matrices and compact linear operators
  Note: The lecture note may update during the course.

References

• S. Treil, Linear algebra done wrong, Brown University, 2026. https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/sergei-treil-homepage/linear-algebra-done-wrong
• S. Axler, Linear algebra done right, fourth edition, Undergrad. Texts Math. Springer, Cham, 2024. MR4696768, Zbl:1531.15001, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-41026-0
• D. S. Bernstein, Matrix mathematics: Theory, facts, and formulas, second edition, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2009. MR2513751, Zbl:1183.15001, doi:10.1515/9781400833344
• H. Brezis, Functional analysis, Sobolev spaces and partial differential equations, Universitext. Springer, New York, 2011. MR2759829, Zbl:1220.46002, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-70914-7

Prerequisite

• Calculus
• Linear algebra

Homeworks

Schedule

• The lectures are on Thursday (13:10-16:00) at 志希070221.

Time	Room	Activities
10.9.2026	TBA	Week 1: No class - Visit Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
17.9.2026 13:10-17:00	TBA	Week 2
24.9.2026 13:10-17:00	TBA	Week 3
1.10.2026 13:10-17:00	TBA	Week 4
8.10.2026 13:10-16:00	TBA	Week 5
15.10.2026 13:10-16:00	TBA	Week 6
22.10.2026 13:10-16:00	TBA	Week 7
29.10.2026 13:10-16:00	TBA	Week 8
5.11.2026 13:10-16:00	TBA	Week 9
12.11.2026 13:10-16:00	TBA	Week 10
19.11.2026 13:10-16:00	TBA	Week 11
26.11.2026 13:10-17:00	TBA	Week 12
3.12.2026 13:10-17:00	TBA	Week 13
10.12.2026 13:10-17:00	TBA	Week 14
17.12.2026 13:10-16:00	TBA	Week 15: No class - Inverse Days 2026
24.12.2026 13:10-16:00	TBA	Week 16

Completion

• The course can be taken for credit by attending the lectures, returning written solutions (60%) in \(\LaTeX\) and giving (at least) 2 presentations (each 20%).