Vectors, Pure and Applied - T. W. Körner

Vectors, Pure and Applied

A General Introduction to Linear Algebra

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Buch | Softcover
452 Seiten
2012
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-67522-3 (ISBN)
58,60 inkl. MwSt
Whilst many books in linear algebra focus purely on getting students through exams, this text explains both the how and the why of linear algebra, preparing students for further work in abstract algebra, analysis or physics. Its numerous exercises include questions to challenge even the most able student.
Many books in linear algebra focus purely on getting students through exams, but this text explains both the how and the why of linear algebra and enables students to begin thinking like mathematicians. The author demonstrates how different topics (geometry, abstract algebra, numerical analysis, physics) make use of vectors in different ways and how these ways are connected, preparing students for further work in these areas. The book is packed with hundreds of exercises ranging from the routine to the challenging. Sketch solutions of the easier exercises are available online.

T. W. Körner is Professor of Fourier Analysis in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cambridge. His previous books include Fourier Analysis and The Pleasures of Counting.

Introduction; Part I. Familiar Vector Spaces: 1. Gaussian elimination; 2. A little geometry; 3. The algebra of square matrices; 4. The secret life of determinants; 5. Abstract vector spaces; 6. Linear maps from Fn to itself; 7. Distance preserving linear maps; 8. Diagonalisation for orthonormal bases; 9. Cartesian tensors; 10. More on tensors; Part II. General Vector Spaces: 11. Spaces of linear maps; 12. Polynomials in L(U,U); 13. Vector spaces without distances; 14. Vector spaces with distances; 15. More distances; 16. Quadratic forms and their relatives; Bibliography; Index.

Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises; 3 Halftones, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 173 x 255 mm
Gewicht 830 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Algebra
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geometrie / Topologie
ISBN-10 1-107-67522-7 / 1107675227
ISBN-13 978-1-107-67522-3 / 9781107675223
Zustand Neuware
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