Linear Algebra Done Right
Linear Algebra Done Right
Summary
Focusing on understanding the structure of linear operators on vector spaces, this book discusses vector spaces, linear independence, span, basics, and dimension. It introduces students to inner-product spaces and the finite-dimensional spectral theorem. It features chapters on diagonal matrices, and on linear functionals and adjoints.
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Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler
This text for a second course in linear algebra, aimed at math majors and graduates, adopts a novel approach by banishing determinants to the end of the book and focusing on understanding the structure of linear operators on vector spaces. The author has taken unusual care to motivate concepts and to simplify proofs. For example, the book presents - without having defined determinants - a clean proof that every linear operator on a finite-dimensional complex vector space has an eigenvalue. The book starts by discussing vector spaces, linear independence, span, basics, and dimension. Students are introduced to inner-product spaces in the first half of the book and shortly thereafter to the finite- dimensional spectral theorem. A variety of interesting exercises in each chapter helps students understand and manipulate the objects of linear algebra. This second edition features new chapters on diagonal matrices, on linear functionals and adjoints, and on the spectral theorem; some sections, such as those on self-adjoint and normal operators, have been entirely rewritten; and hundreds of minor improvements have been made throughout the text.Sheldon Axler is well-known within the mathematics community. He has an Ivy League education, having received his AB in mathematics from Princeton in 1971, and his PhD in mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1975. Currently, Sheldon is the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at SFSU. Previously, he held teaching positions at Michigan State, UC Berkeley, Indiana University, and MIT. He has received numerous grants, awards, and fellowships throughout his career. He regularly speaks at conferences and conventions and has done extensive writing in his discipline. Notably, he is the author of a successful textbook for the second course in linear Algebra, published with Springer and has held several editorial positions for mathematics journals and is currently a series editor for Springer.
As the author for Wiley's Precalculus: A Prelude to Calculus, Sheldon has shown himself an able and willing promoter of his title, garnering the interest of his colleagues nationwide and proving himself a valuable and responsive resource for our sales force.
SKU | Unavailable |
ISBN 13 | 9780387982588 |
ISBN 10 | 0387982582 |
Title | Linear Algebra Done Right |
Author | Sheldon Axler |
Series | Undergraduate Texts In Mathematics |
Condition | Unavailable |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
Year published | 2004-02-26 |
Number of pages | 251 |
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