Advanced Linear Algebra: v. 135 (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) - Softcover

Roman, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387978372 ISBN 13: 9780387978376

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1995

Synopsis

This is a graduate level textbook covering an especially broad range of topics. The first part of the book contains a careful but rapid discussion of the basics of linear algebra, including vector spaces, linear transformations, quotient spaces, and isomorphism theorems. The author then proceeds to a discussion of modules, emphasizing a comparison with vector spaces. A thorough discussion of inner product spaces, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and finite dimensional spectral theory follows, culminating in the finite dimensional spectral theorem for normal operators.

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Review

From the reviews of the first edition: "a ] The book is very well written and has a good set of exercises. It is a suitable choice as a graduate textbook as well as a reference book." A.A. Jafarian for ZentralblattMATH From the reviews of the second edition: "In this 2nd edition, the author has rewritten the entire book and has added more than 100 pages of new materials. a ] As in the previous edition, the text is well written and gives a thorough discussion of many topics of linear algebra and related fields. a ] the exercises are rewritten and expanded. a ] Overall, I found the book a very useful one. a ] It is a suitable choice as a graduate text or as a reference book." (Ali-Akbar Jafarian, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1085, 2006) "This is a formidable volume, a compendium of linear algebra theory, classical and modern a ] . The development of the subject is elegant a ] . The proofs are neat a ] . The exercise sets are good, with occasional hints given for the solution of trickier problems. a ] It represents linear algebra and does so comprehensively." (Henry Ricardo, MathDL, May, 2005)

From the Back Cover

For the third edition, the author has added a new chapter on associative algebras that includes the well known characterizations of the finite-dimensional division algebras over the real field (a theorem of Frobenius) and over a finite field (Wedderburn's theorem); polished and refined some arguments (such as the discussion of reflexivity, the rational canonical form, best approximations and the definitions of tensor products); upgraded some proofs that were originally done only for finite-dimensional/rank cases; added new theorems, including the spectral mapping theorem; considerably expanded the reference section with over a hundred references to books on linear algebra.

From the reviews of the second edition:

"In this 2nd edition, the author has rewritten the entire book and has added more than 100 pages of new materials....As in the previous edition, the text is well written and gives a thorough discussion of many topics of linear algebra and related fields...the exercises are rewritten and expanded....Overall, I found the book a very useful one....It is a suitable choice as a graduate text or as a reference book."

Ali-Akbar Jafarian, ZentralblattMATH

"This is a formidable volume, a compendium of linear algebra theory, classical and modern... The development of the subject is elegant...The proofs are neat...The exercise sets are good, with occasional hints given for the solution of trickier problems...It represents linear algebra and does so comprehensively."

Henry Ricardo, MAA Online

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0387978372
• ISBN 13: 9780387978376
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384