Andrilli, Stephen Francis

Elementary linear algebra / Stephen Andrilli, David Hecker. - Fifth edition. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2016. - xxvi, 779 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Includes appendices and index.

Vectors and matrices -- Systems of linear equations -- Determinants and Eigenvalues -- Finite dimensional vector spaces -- Linear transformations -- Orthogonality -- Complex vector spaces and general inner products -- Additional applications -- Numerical techniques -- Appendices: Miscellaneous proofs -- Functions -- Complex numbers -- Elementary matrices -- Answers to selected exercises -- Index.

"Contains all the basic computational techniques and fundamental theoretical results essential to a first course in linear algebra, as well as a wide range of practical applications. A major purpose of this text is to assist students in attaining a level of abstract thinking essential for further mathematical study. The authors give early, intensive attention to the skills needed for the reading of mathematical proofs."--Back cover.

9780128008539 (hbk.) 0128008539

2016498439


Algebras, Linear

QA184.2 / An2 2016