Linear Algebra : Ideas and Applications
Linear Algebra : Ideas and Applications
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Author(s): Penney, Richard C.
ISBN No.: 9780470178843
Pages: 504
Year: 200807
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 205.62
Status: Out Of Print

Preface.Features of the Text.1. Systems of Linear Equations.1.1 The Vector Space of m x n Matrices.The Space R n .Linear Combinations and Linear Dependence.


What Is a Vector Space?Why Prove Anything?True-False Questions.Exercises.1.1.1 Computer Projects.Exercises.1.1.


2 Applications to Graph Theory I.Self-Study Questions.Exercises.1.2 Systems.Rank: The Maximum Number of Linearly Independent Equations.True-False Questions.Exercises.


1.2.1 Computer Projects.Exercises.1.2.2 Applications to Circuit Theory.Self-Study Questions.


Exercises.1.3 Gaussian Elimination.Spanning in Polynomial Spaces.Computational Issues: Pivoting.True-False Questions.Exercises.Computational Issues: Flops.


1.3.1 Computer Projects.Exercises.1.3.2 Applications to Traffic Flow.Self-Study Questions.


Exercises.1.4 Column Space and Nullspace.Subspaces.Subspaces of Functions.True-False Questions.Exercises.1.


4.1 Computer Projects.Exercises.1.4.2 Applications to Predator-Prey Problems.Self-Study Questions.Exercises.


Chapter Summary.2. Linear Independence and Dimension.2.1 The Test for Linear Independence.Bases for the Column Space.Testing Functions for Independence.True-False Questions.


Exercises.2.1.1 Computer Projects.2.2 Dimension.True-False Questions.Exercises.


2.2.1 Computer Projects.Exercises.2.2.2 Applications to Calculus.Self-Study Questions.


Exercises.2.2.3 Applications to Differential Equations.Self-Study Questions.Exercises.2.2.


4 Applications to the Harmonic Oscillator.Self-Study Questions.Exercises.2.2.5 Computer Projects.Exercises.2.


3 Row Space and the Rank-Nullity Theorem.Bases for the Row Space.Rank-Nullity Theorem.Computational Issues: Computing Rank.True-False Questions.Exercises.2.3.


1 Computer Projects.Chapter Summary.3. Linear Transformations.3.1 The Linearity Properties.True-False Questions.Exercises.


3.1.1 Computer Projects.3.1.2 Applications to Control Theory.Self-Study Questions.Exercises.


3.2 Matrix Multiplication (Composition).Partitioned Matrices.Computational Issues: Parallel Computing.True-False Questions.Exercises.3.2.


1 Computer Projects.3.2.2 Applications to Graph Theory II.Self-Study Questions.Exercises.3.3 Inverses.


Computational Issues: Reduction vs. Inverses.True-False Questions.Exercises.Ill Conditioned Systems.3.3.1 Computer Projects.


Exercises.3.3.2 Applications to Economics.Self-Study Questions.Exercises.3.4 The LU Factorization.


Exercises.3.4.1 Computer Projects.Exercises.3.5 The Matrix of a Linear Transformation.Coordinates.


Application to Differential Equations.Isomorphism.Invertible Linear Transformations.True-False Questions.Exercises.3.5.1 Computer Projects.


Chapter Summary.4. Determinants.4.1 Definition of the Determinant.4.1.1 The Rest of the Proofs.


True-False Questions.Exercises.4.1.2 Computer Projects.4.2 Reduction and Determinants.Uniqueness of the Determinant.


True-False Questions.Exercises.4.2.1 Application to Volume.Self-Study Questions.Exercises.4.


3 A Formula for Inverses.Cramer's Rule.True-False Questions.Exercises 273.Chapter Summary.5. Eigenvect.


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