Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 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
- References
- Index
3 - The algebra of square matrices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 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
- References
- Index
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- Vectors, Pure and AppliedA General Introduction to Linear Algebra, pp. 42 - 59Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012