Introduction to Linear Algebra / Edition 2

by Serge Lang

Overview

This is a short text in linear algebra, intended for a one-term course. In the first chapter, Lang discusses the relation between the geometry and the algebra underlying the subject, and gives concrete examples of the notions which appear later in the book. He then starts with a discussion of linear equations, matrices and Gaussian elimination, and proceeds to discuss vector spaces, linear maps, scalar products, determinants, and eigenvalues. The book contains a large number of exercises, some of the routine computational type, while others are conceptual.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387962054
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	12/19/1985
Series:	Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Edition description:	2nd ed. 1986
Pages:	293
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

I Vectors.- II Matrices and Linear Equations.- III Vector Spaces.- IV Linear Mappings.- V Composition and Inverse Mappings.- VI Scalar Products and Orthogonality.- VII Determinants.- VIII Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues.- Answers to Exercises.

Editorial Reviews

Second Edition

S. Lang

Introduction to Linear Algebra

"Excellent! Rigorous yet straightforward, all answers included!"—Dr. J. Adam, Old Dominion University

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