Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry for Physical Sciences

Giovanni Landi is Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Trieste. He is a leading expert of noncummutative geometry, and board member of several journals in the field. He has also written the monograph "An Introduction to Noncommutative Spaces and their Geometries" published by Springer (1997). Alessandro Zampini works at the University of Luxemburg, where he gives a course on linear algebra and analytic geometry.

Introduction.- Vectors and coordinate systems.- Vector spaces.- Euclidean vector spaces.- Matrices.- The determinant.- Systems of linear equations.- Linear transformations.- Dual spaces.- Endomorphisms and diagonalization.- Spectral theorems on euclidean spaces.- Rotations.- Spectral theorems on hermitian spaces.- Quadratic forms.- Affine linear geometry.- Euclidean affine linear geometry.- Conic sections.- A Algebraic Structures.- A.1 A few notions of Set Theory.- A.2 Groups.- A.3 Rings and Fields.- A.4 Maps between algebraic structures.- A5 Complex numbers.- A.6 Integers modulo a prime number.

"There are over 230 exercises integrated into the text, most with several parts and explained in detail. These exercises also serve as examples. The book contains about 20 figures and several additional examples. This text will interest both beginning and advanced undergraduates studying physics. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduates through faculty and professionals." (D. P. Turner, Choice, Vol. 56 (04), December, 2018)

“There are over 230 exercises integrated into the text, most with several parts and explained in detail. These exercises also serve as examples. The book contains about 20 figures and several additional examples. This text will interest both beginning and advanced undergraduates studying physics. … Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduates through faculty and professionals.” (D. P. Turner, Choice, Vol. 56 (04), December, 2018)