Elementary Linear Algebra

by Stephen Andrilli, David Hecker

Elementary Linear Algebra, Sixth Edition provides a solid introduction to both the computational and theoretical aspects of linear algebra, covering many important real-world applications, including graph theory, circuit theory, Markov chains, elementary coding theory, least-squares polynomials and least-squares solutions for inconsistent systems, differential equations, computer graphics and quadratic forms. In addition, many computational techniques in linear algebra are presented, including iterative methods for solving linear systems, LDU Decomposition, the Power Method for finding eigenvalues, QR Decomposition, and Singular Value Decomposition and its usefulness in digital imaging.

Genres: Textbooks

544 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[dead letter office · Rating 4 out of 5]

The biggest strength of this book is the huge number of problems and exercises. Pretty readable, but not great for developing geometric intuition. Some unconventional choices about the order in which the material is presented (dimension, surjection, injection, and isomorphism come very late, while eigenspaces appear early). All in all, maybe my favorite introductory linear algebra text.