Andrilli/Hecker: Elementary Linear Algebra, 2nd Edition

Table of Contents

 

Preface

Prerequisite Chart

Applications Chart

Methods Chart

 

Chapter 1: Vectors and Matrices

Section 1.1: Fundamental Operations with Vectors

Section 1.2: The Dot Product

Section 1.3: An Introduction to Proofs

Section 1.4: Fundamental Operations with Matrices

Section 1.5: Matrix Multiplication

 

Chapter 2: Systems of Linear Equations

Section 2.1: Solving Systems of Linear Equations

Section 2.2: Equivalent Systems and Rank

Section 2.3: Row Space of a Matrix

Section 2.4: Inverses of Matrices

 

Chapter 3: Determinants and Eigenvalues

Section 3.1: Introduction to Determinants

Section 3.2: Determinants and Row Reduction

Section 3.3: Further Properties of the Determinant

Section 3.4: Eigenvalues and Diagonalization

 

Chapter 4: Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces

Section 4.1: Introduction to Vector Spaces

Section 4.2: Subspaces

Section 4.3: Span

Section 4.4: Linear Independence

Section 4.5: Basis and Dimension

Section 4.6: Constructing Special Bases

Section 4.7: Coordinatization

 

Chapter 5: Linear Transformations

Section 5.1: Introduction to Linear Transformations

Section 5.2: The Matrix of a Linear Transformation

Section 5.3: The Dimension Theorem

Section 5.4: Isomorphism

Section 5.5: Diagonalization of Linear Operators

 

Chapter 6: Orthogonality

Section 6.1: Orthogonal Bases and the Gram-Schmidt Process

Section 6.2: Orthogonal Complements

Section 6.3: Orthogonal Diagonalization

 

Chapter 7: Complex Vector Spaces and General Inner Products

Section 7.1: Complex Vector Spaces

Section 7.2: Inner Product Spaces

 

Chapter 8: Additional Applications

Section 8.1: Graph Theory (prerequisite: Section 1.5)

Section 8.2: Ohm’s Law (prerequisite: Section 2.1)

Section 8.3: Least-Squares Polynomials (prerequisite: Section 2.1)

Section 8.4: Markov Chains (prerequisite: Section 2.1)

Section 8.5: Hill Substitution: An Introduction to Coding Theory

(prerequisite: Section 2.4)

Section 8.6: Function Spaces (prerequisite: Section 4.7)

Section 8.7: Rotation of Axes (prerequisite: Section 4.7)

Section 8.8: Computer Graphics (prerequisite: Section 5.2)

Section 8.9: Differential Equations (prerequisite: Section 5.5)

Section 8.10: Least-Squares Solutions for Inconsistent Systems

(prerequisite: Section 6.2)

Section 8.11: Quadratic Forms (prerequisite: Section 6.3)

 

Chapter 9: Numerical Methods

Section 9.1: Numerical Methods for Solving Systems

(prerequisite: Section 2.2)

Section 9.2: LDU Decomposition (prerequisite: Section 2.4)

Section 9.3: The Power Method for Finding Eigenvalues

(prerequisite: Section 5.5)

 

Appendix A: Miscellaneous Proofs

Appendix B: Functions

Appendix C: Complex Numbers

Appendix D: Computers and Calculators

Appendix E: Answers to Selected Exercises

 

Subject Index