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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792488003321

Autore

Blyth T. S (Thomas Scott)

Titolo

Basic Linear Algebra [[electronic resource] /] / by Thomas S. Blyth, Edmund F. Robertson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Springer London : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1998

ISBN

1-4471-3496-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 1998.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 201 p.)

Collana

Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series, , 1615-2085

Disciplina

512/.5

Soggetti

Algebra

Mathematics

Matrix theory

Mathematics, general

Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Algebra of Matrices -- 2. Some Applications of Matrices -- 3. Systems of Linear Equations -- 4. Invertible Matrices -- 5. Vector Spaces -- 6. Linear Mappings -- 7. The Matrix Connection -- 8. Determinants -- 9. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors -- 10. The Minimum Polynomial -- 11. Solutions to the Exercises.

Sommario/riassunto

Basic Linear Algebra is a text for first year students, working from concrete examples towards abstract theorems, via tutorial-type exercises. The book explains the algebra of matrices with applications to analytic geometry, systems of linear equations, difference equations, and complex numbers. Linear equations are treated via Hermite normal forms, which provides a successful and concrete explanation of the notion of linear independence. Another highlight is the connection between linear mappings and matrices, leading to the change of basis theorem which opens the door to the notion of similarity. The authors are well known algebraists with considerable experience of teaching introductory courses on linear algebra to students at St Andrews. This book is based on one previously published by Chapman and Hall, but it has been extensively updated to include further explanatory text and fully worked solutions to the exercises that all 1st year students should



be able to answer.