Linear Algebra (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Georgi E. Shilov

ISBN 10: 048663518X / ISBN 13: 9780486635187

Editore: Dover Publications, 1977

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Riassunto:

Copre determinanti, spazi lineari, sistemi di equazioni lineari, funzioni lineari di un argomento vettoriale, trasformazioni di coordinate, la forma canonica della matrice di un operatore lineare, forme bilineari e quadratiche, spazi euclidei, spazi unitari, forme quadratiche in spazi euclidei e unitari, spazio di dimensione finita. Problemi con suggerimenti e risposte.

Contenuti: chapter 1 DETERMINANTS 1.1. Number Fields 1.2. Problems of the Theory of Systems of Linear Equations 1.3. Determinants of Order n 1.4. Properties of Determinants 1.5. Cofactors and Minors 1.6. Practical Evaluation of Determinants 1.7. Cramer's Rule 1.8. Minors of Arbitrary Order. Laplace's Theorem 1.9. Linear Dependence between Columns Problems chapter 2 LINEAR SPACES 2.1. Definitions 2.2. Linear Dependence 2.3. "Bases, Components, Dimension" 2.4. Subspaces 2.5. Linear Manifolds 2.6. Hyperplanes 2.7. Morphisms of Linear Spaces Problems chapter 3 SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS 3.1. More on the Rank of a Matrix 3.2. Nontrivial Compatibility of a Homogeneous Linear System 3.3. The Compatability Condition for a General Linear System 3.4. The General Solution of a Linear System 3.5. Geometric Properties of the Solution Space 3.6. Methods for Calculating the Rank of a Matrix Problems chapter 4 LINEAR FUNCTIONS OF A VECTOR ARGUMENT 4.1. Linear Forms 4.2. Linear Operators 4.3. Sums and Products of Linear Operators 4.4. Corresponding Operations on Matrices 4.5. Further Properties of Matrix Multiplication 4.6. The Range and Null Space of a Linear Operator 4.7. Linear Operators Mapping a Space Kn into Itself 4.8. Invariant Subspaces 4.9. Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues Problems chapter 5 COORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS 5.1. Transformation to a New Basis 5.2. Consecutive Transformations 5.3. Transformation of the Components of a Vector 5.4. Transformation of the Coefficients of a Linear Form 5.5. Transformation of the Matrix of a Linear Operator *5.6. Tensors Problems chapter 6 THE CANONICAL FORM OF THE MATRIX OF A LINEAR OPERATOR 6.1. Canonical Form of the Matrix of a Nilpotent Operator 6.2. Algebras. The Algebra of Polynomials 6.3. Canonical Form of the Matrix of an Arbitrary Operator 6.4. Elementary Divisors 6.5. Further Implications 6.6. The Real Jordan Canonical Form *6.7. "Spectra, Jets and Polynomials" *6.8. Operator Functions and Their Matrices Problems chapter 7 BILINEAR AND QUADRATIC FORMS 7.1. Bilinear Forms 7.2. Quadratic Forms 7.3. Reduction of a Quadratic Form to Canonical Form 7.4. The Canonical Basis of a Bilinear Form 7.5. Construction of a Canonical Basis by Jacobi's Method 7.6. Adjoint Linear Operators 7.7. Isomorphism of Spaces Equipped with a Bilinear Form *7.8. Multilinear Forms 7.9. Bilinear and Quadratic Forms in a Real Space Problems chapter 8 EUCLIDEAN SPACES 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Definition of a Euclidean Space 8.3. Basic Metric Concepts 8.4. Orthogonal Bases 8.5. Perpendiculars 8.6. The Orthogonalization Theorem 8.7. The Gram Determinant 8.8. Incompatible Systems and the Method of Least Squares 8.9. Adjoint Operators and Isometry Problems chapter 9 UNITARY SPACES 9.1. Hermitian Forms 9.2. The Scalar Product in a Complex Space 9.3. Normal Operators 9.4. Applications to Operator Theory in Euclidean Space Problems chapter 10 QUADRATIC FORMS IN EUCLIDEAN AND UNITARY SPACES 10.1. Basic Theorem on Quadratic Forms in a Euclidean Space 10.2. Extremal Properties of a Quadratic Form 10.3 Simultaneous Reduction of Two Quadratic Forms 10.4. Reduction of the General Equation of a Quadratic Surface 10.5. Geometric Properties of a Quadratic Surface *10.6. Analysis of a Quadric Surface from Its Genearl Equation 10.7. Hermitian Quadratic Forms Problems chapter 11 FINITE-DIMENSIONAL ALGEBRAS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIONS 11.1. More on Algebras 11.2. Representations of Abstract Algebras 11.3. Irreducible Representations and Schur's Lemma 11.4. Basic Types of Finite-Dimensional Algebras 11.5. The Left Regular Representation of a Simple Algebra 11.6. Structure of Simple Algebras 11.7. Structure of Semisimple Algebras 11.8. Representations of Simple and Semisimple Algebras 11.9. Some Further Results Problems *Appendix CATEGORIES OF FINITE-DIMENSIONAL SPACES A.1. Introduction A.2. The Case of Complete Algebras A.3. The Case of One-Dimensional Algebras A.4. The Case of Simple Algebras A.5. The Case of Complete Algebras of Diagonal Matrices A.6. Categories and Direct Sums HINTS AND ANSWERS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Titolo: Linear Algebra (Dover Books on Mathematics)
Casa editrice: Dover Publications
Data di pubblicazione: 1977
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good