Synopsis
Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface to the First Edition.- List of Symbols.- 1 Elementary Linear and Multilinear Algebra.- 2 What Are Matrices.- 3 Square Matrices.- 4 Tensor and Exterior Products.- 5 Matrices with Real or Complex Entries.- 6 Hermitian Matrices.- 7 Norms.- 8 Nonnegative Matrices.- 9 Matrices with Entries in a Principal Ideal Domain; Jordan Reduction.- 10 Exponential of a Matrix, Polar Decomposition, and Classical Groups.- 11 Matrix Factorizations and Their Applications.- 12 Iterative Methods for Linear Systems.- 13 Approximation of Eigenvalues.- References.- Index of Notation.- General Index.- Cited Names.-
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About the Author
Denis Serre is Professor of Mathematics at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and a former member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He is a member of numerous editorial boards and the author of "Systems of Conservation Laws" (Cambridge University Press 2000). With S. Benzoni-Gavage, he is the co-author of "Multi-Dimensional Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations. First Order Systems and Applications" (Oxford University Press 2007). With S. Friedlander, he has co-edited four volumes of a "Handbook of Mathematical Fluid Dynamics" (Elsevier 2002--2007). The first edition of the present book is a translation of the original French edition, "Les Matrices: Théorie et Pratique", published by Dunod (2001).
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
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