This book provides a comprehensive knowledge of linear algebra for graduate and undergraduate courses. As a self-contained text, it aims at covering all important areas of the subject, including algebraic structures, matrices and systems of linear equations, vector spaces, linear transformations, dual and inner product spaces, canonical, bilinear, quadratic, sesquilinear, Hermitian forms of operators and tensor products of vector spaces with their algebras. The last three chapters focus on empowering readers to pursue interdisciplinary applications of linear algebra in numerical methods, analytical geometry and in solving linear system of differential equations. A rich collection of examples and exercises are present at the end of each section to enhance the conceptual understanding of readers. Basic knowledge of various notions, such as sets, relations, mappings, etc., has been pre-assumed.
Mohammad Ashraf is Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Aligarh Muslim University, India, in the year 1986. After completing his Ph.D., he started his teaching career as Lecturer at the Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, elevated to the post of Reader in 1987 and then became Professor in 2005. He also served as Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, King Abdulaziz University, KSA, from 1998 to 2004.
His research interests include ring theory/commutativity and structure of rings and near-rings, derivations on rings, near-rings & Banach algebras, differential identities in rings and algebras, applied linear algebra, algebraic coding theory and cryptography. With a teaching experience of around 35 years, Prof. Ashraf has supervised the Ph.D. thesis of 13 students and is currently guiding 6 more. He has published around 225 research articles in internationaljournals and conference proceedings of repute. He received the Young Scientist's Award from Indian Science Congress Association in the year 1988 and the I.M.S. Prize from Indian Mathematical Society for the year 1995. He has completed many major research projects from the UGC, DST and NBHM. He is also Editor/ Managing Editor of many reputed international mathematical journals.
Vincenzo De Filippis is Associate Professor of Algebra at the University of Messina, Italy. He completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Messina, Italy, in 1999. He is the member of the Italian Mathematical Society (UMI) and National Society of Algebraic and Geometric Structures and their Applications (GNSAGA). He has published around 100 research articles in reputed journals and conference proceedings.
Mohammad Aslam Siddeeque is Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Aligarh Muslim University, India, in 2014 with the thesis entitled "On derivations and related mappings in rings and near-rings". His research interest lies in derivations and its various generalizations on rings and near-rings, on which he has published articles in reputed journals.
