Linear Algebra (Hardcover, 5)

1. Vector Spaces
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Vector Spaces
1.3 Subspaces
1.4 Linear Combinations and Systems of Linear Equations
1.5 Linear Dependence and Linear Independence
1.6 Bases and Dimension
1.7* Maximal Linearly Independent Subsets
Index of Definitions

2. Linear Transformations and Matrices
2.1 Linear Transformations, Null Spaces, and Ranges
2.2 The Matrix Representation of a Linear Transformation
2.3 Composition of Linear Transformations and Matrix Multiplication
2.4 Invertibility and Isomorphisms
2.5 The Change of Coordinate Matrix
2.6* Dual Spaces
2.7* Homogeneous Linear Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients
Index of Definitions

3. Elementary Matrix Operations and Systems of Linear Equations
3.1 Elementary Matrix Operations and Elementary Matrices
3.2 The Rank of a Matrix and Matrix Inverses
3.3 Systems of Linear Equations - Theoretical Aspects
3.4 Systems of Linear Equations - Computational Aspects
Index of Definitions

4. Determinants
4.1 Determinants of Order 2
4.2 Determinants of Order n
4.3 Properties of Determinants
4.4 SummaryImportant Facts about Determinants
4.5* A Characterization of the Determinant
Index of Definitions

5. Diagonalization
5.1 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
5.2 Diagonalizability
5.3* Matrix Limits and Markov Chains
5.4 Invariant Subspaces and the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem
Index of Definitions

6. Inner Product Spaces
6.1 Inner Products and Norms
6.2 The Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization Process and Orthogonal Complements
6.3 The Adjoint of a Linear Operator
6.4 Normal and Self-Adjoint Operators
6.5 Unitary and Orthogonal Operators and Their Matrices
6.6 Orthogonal Projections and the Spectral Theorem
6.7* The Singular Value Decomposition and the Pseudoinverse
6.8* Bilinear and Quadratic Forms
6.9* Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity
6.10* Conditioning and the Rayleigh Quotient
6.11* The Geometry of Orthogonal Operators
Index of Definitions

7. Canonical Forms
7.1 The Jordan Canonical Form I
7.2 The Jordan Canonical Form II
7.3 The Minimal Polynomial
7.4* The Rational Canonical Form
Index of Definitions

Appendices
A. Sets
B. Functions
C. Fields
D. Complex Numbers
E. Polynomials

Answers to Selected Exercises
Index