{"product_id":"linear-algebra-9781461599975","title":"Linear Algebra","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): L. Smith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Algebra - Linear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis text is written for a course in linear algebra at the (U.S.) sophomore undergraduate level, preferably directly following a one-variable calculus course, so that linear algebra can be used in a course on multidimensional calculus. Realizing that students at this level have had little contact with complex numbers or abstract mathematics the book deals almost exclusively with real finite-dimensional vector spaces in a setting and formulation that permits easy generalization to abstract vector spaces. The parallel complex theory is developed in the exercises. The book has as a goal the principal axis theorem for real symmetric transformations, and a more or less direct path is followed. As a consequence there are many subjects that are not developed, and this is intentional. However a wide selection of examples of vector spaces and linear trans- formations is developed, in the hope that they will serve as a testing ground for the theory. The book is meant as an introduction to linear algebra and the theory developed contains the essentials for this goal. Students with a need to learn more linear algebra can do so in a course in abstract algebra, which is the appropriate setting. Through this book they will be taken on an excursion to the algebraic\/analytic zoo, and introduced to some of the animals for the first time. Further excursions can teach them more about the curious habits of some of these remarkable creatures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45282281619607,"sku":"9781461599975","price":3514.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781461599975.webp?v=1769301717","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/linear-algebra-9781461599975","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}