A Concise Introduction to Linear Algebra

• Main Author: Schay, Géza (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston : Birkhäuser Boston, 2012.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebra.; Matrix theory.; Mathematical physics.; Physics.; Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory.; General Algebraic Systems.; Mathematical Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

This book offers a refreshingly concise, manageable introduction to linear algebra: Whereas most treatments of the subject give an exhaustive survey supplemented with applications, this book presents a carefully selected array of the most essential topics that can be thoroughly covered in a single s...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Analytic Geometry of Euclidean Spaces
• 2 Systems of Linear Equations, Matrices
• 3 Vector Spaces and Subspaces
• 4 Linear Transformations
• 5 Orthogonal Projections and Bases
• 6 Determinants
• 7 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
• 8 Numerical Methods
• 9 Appendices.