Linear Algebra - Softcover

Baker, Roger C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589490126 ISBN 13: 9781589490123

Publisher: Rinton Pr Inc, 2001

Synopsis

After thirty years of teaching, the author, a number theorist, has produced this one semester first course in linear algebra, not necessarily for math majors. Students will enjoy such a book that can be read from cover to cover in a semester; instructors will find every hoped-for result proved. Abstraction enters gradually. Students learn to use inner product in R^2, then R^3. Most of the work is done in R^n. In the last chapter, when students are ready, vector spaces, including C^n, appear. There are nice applications such as electrical circuits, Markov chains... All examples can be done by hand. No time lost learning software!

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About the Author

Roger Baker gained his Ph.D. in London in 1971. Analytic number theory, especially the distribution of prime numbers, is his primary research interest. His monograph Diophantine Inequalities was published by Oxford in 1986, and he is the author of about 90 research papers in well-known journals. He is currently working on a graduate text on modular forms. After working for London University for twenty years, the author moved to Brigham Young University, Utah, in 1991. In his spare time he works on his small farm, where visitors can meet llamas, Jacob sheep, pheasants, and other creatures that he and his wife Lynnette enjoy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rinton Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589490126
• ISBN 13: 9781589490123
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274