G9351 Tensors in Geology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Jiří Rez, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Jiří Rez, Ph.D.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
Principles of high-school mathematics, everybody needs PC (notebook) with Excel.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of linear algebra with geological applications.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students can independently solve the problems of vector and matrix algebra using MS Excel.
Syllabus
  • Vectors, matrices, characteristic numbers, applications of linear algebra in geology.
Literature
  • Bats (Chiroptera) as vectors of diseases and parasites : facts and myths. Edited by Sven Klimpel - Heinz Mehlhorn. Heidelberg: Springer, 2014, xii, 187. ISBN 9783642393327. info
  • BEČVÁŘ, Jindřich. Lineární algebra (Linear Algebra). Praha: MATFYZPRESS, 2000, 435 pp. ISBN 80-85863-61-8. info
  • SLOVÁK, Jan. Lineární algebra. Učební texty. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 138 pp. elektronicky dostupné na www.math.muni.cz/~slovak. ISBN nemá. info
  • ŠMARDA, Bohumil. Lineární algebra. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 159 s. info
  • PESCHL, Ernst. Analytická geometrie a lineární algebra. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1971, 240 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures and practical exercises on a PC
Assessment methods
test - numerically solving a geological problem
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřeno v jarním semestru 2024/2025.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
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