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Linear Algebra Ideas and Applications

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ISBN-10: 0470178841

ISBN-13: 9780470178843

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: Richard C. Penney

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Linear Algebra: Ideas and Applications, Third Edition has been updated and revised, but its parallel structure (abstract concepts are introduced along with computational) and concepts remain intact. The book covers a number of applications of linear algebra and features a unique treatment of vector spaces, proofs, and computations. The text explores linear algebra using an approach that introduces abstract concepts as they are needed to fully understand the computations.
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Book details

List price: $149.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/21/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 504
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Systems of Linear Equations
The Vector Space of m x n Matrices
The Space R[superscript n]
Linear Combinations and Linear Dependence
What Is a Vector Space?
Why Prove Anything?
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Applications to Graph Theory I
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Systems
Rank: The Maximum Number of Linearly Independent Equations
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Applications to Circuit Theory
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Gaussian Elimination
Spanning in Polynomial Spaces
Computational Issues: Pivoting
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computational Issues: Flops
Computer Projects
Exercises
Applications to Traffic Flow
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Column Space and Nullspace
Subspaces
Subspaces of Functions
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Applications to Predator-Prey Problems
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Chapter Summary
Linear Independence and Dimension
The Test for Linear Independence
Bases for the Column Space
Testing Functions for Independence
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Dimension
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Applications to Calculus
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Applications to Differential Equations
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Applications to the Harmonic Oscillator
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Row Space and the rank-nullity theorem
Bases for the Row Space
Rank-Nullity Theorem
Computational Issues: Computing Rank
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Chapter Summary
Linear Transformations
The Linearity Properties
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Applications to Control Theory
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Matrix Multiplication (Composition)
Partitioned Matrices
Computational Issues: Parallel Computing
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Applications to Graph Theory II
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Inverses
Computational Issues: Reduction versus Inverses
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Ill-Conditioned Systems
Exercises
Applications to Economics
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
The LU Factorization
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
The Matrix of a Linear Transformation
Coordinates
Application to Differential Equations
Isomorphism
Invertible Linear Transformations
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Chapter Summary
Determinants
Definition of the Determinant
The Rest of the Proofs
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Reduction and Determinants
Uniqueness of the Determinant
True-False Questions
Exercises
Application to Volume
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
A Formula for Inverses
Cramer's Rule
True-False Questions
Exercises
Chapter Summary
Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues
Eigenvectors
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Application to Markov Processes
Exercises
Diagonalization
Powers of Matrices
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Application to Systems of Differential Equations
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Complex Eigenvectors
Complex Vector Spaces
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Chapter Summary
Orthogonality
The Scalar Product in R[superscript n]
Orthogonal/Orthonormal Bases and Coordinates
True-False Questions
Exercises
Application to Statistics
Self-Study Questions
Exercises
Projections: The Gram-Schmidt Process
The QR Decomposition
Uniqueness of the QR-factorization
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Fourier Series: Scalar Product Spaces
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Orthogonal Matrices
Householder Matrices
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Least Squares
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
Quadratic Forms: Orthogonal Diagonalization
The Spectral Theorem
The Principal Axis Theorem
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computer Projects
Exercises
The Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)
Application of the SVD to Least-Squares Problems
True-False Questions
Exercises
Computing the SVD Using Householder Matrices
Diagonalizing Symmetric Matrices Using Householder Matrices
Hermitian Symmetric and Unitary Matrices
True-False Questions
Exercises
Chapter Summary
Generalized Eigenvectors
Generalized Eigenvectors
Exercises
Chain Bases
Jordan Form
True-False Questions
Exercises
The Cayley-Hamilton Theorem
Chapter Summary
Numerical Techniques
Condition Number
Norms
Condition Number
Least Squares
Exercises
Computing Eigenvalues
Iteration
The QR Method
Proof of Theorem 3
Exercises
Chapter Summary
Index