Linear algebra
Subtitle: challenging problems for students
By: Fuzhen Zhang
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: The Johns Hopkins studies in the mathematical sciences; Johns Hopkins studies in the mathematical sciences
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780801891250; 9780801891267
Description: Linear algebra is a prerequisite for students majoring in mathematics and is required of many undergraduate and first-year graduate students in statistics, engineering, and related areas. This fully updated and revised text defines the discipline's main terms, explains its key theorems, and provides over 425 example problems ranging from the elementary to some that may baffle even the most seasoned mathematicians. Vital concepts are highlighted at the beginning of each chapter and a final section contains hints for solving the problems as well as solutions to each example.Based on Fuzhen Zhang's experience teaching and researching algebra over the past two decades, Linear Algebra is the perfect examination study tool. Students in beginning and seminar-type advanced linear algebra classes and those seeking to brush up on the topic will find Zhang's plain discussions of the subject's theories refreshing and the problems diverse, interesting, and challenging.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241) and index.
Table of contents: title: Vector spaces --; title: Determinants, inverses and rank of matrices, and systems of linear equations --; title: Matrix similarity, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and linear transformations --; title: Special matrices --; title: Inner product spaces.