Elementary Linear Algebra

by Bernard Kolman

This introduction to linear algebra offers a balance between abstraction/theory and computational skills. KEY TOPICS: Linear Equations and Matrices. Real Vector Spaces. Inner Product Spaces. Linear Transformations and Matrices. Determinants. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors. Differential Equations. MATLAB for Linear Algebra. MATLAB Exercises. For anyone needing a basic understanding of matrix theory or computational skills involving linear algebra.

Genres: Mathematics, Textbooks

314 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Bernard Kolman received his B.S. (summa cum laude with honors in mathematics and physics) from Brooklyn College in 1954, his Sc.M. from Brown University in 1956, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1965, all in mathematics. During the summers of 1955 and 1956, he worked as a mathematician for the U.S. Navy, and IBM, respectively, in areas of numerical analysis and simulation. From 1957-1964, he was employed by the UNIVAC Division of Sperry Rand Corporation, working in the areas of operations research, numerical analysis, and discrete mathematics. He has also had extensive experience as a consultant to industry in operations research. From 1964-1998, he was a member of the Mathematics Department at Drexel University, where he also served as Acting Head of this department. Since 1964, his research activities have been in the areas of Lie algebras and operations research.

Professor Kolman is the author of numerous papers, primarily in Lie algebras, and has organized several conferences in this area. He is also well known as the author of many mathematics textbooks that are used worldwide and have been translated into other languages.

Reviews

[Wael Salman]

This book is an excelant choice for those who want to be Introduced in the linear algebra. It is not written for math majors, however, I recommend it because its readablity. Moreover, one can develope his Intuition through the many many number of examples. It is a proof based math book and covers many topics in linear algebra but not all because as the title suggest "Elementary Linear Algebra "