Introduction to Linear Algebra  (English, Paperback, Strang Gilbert)

Introduction to Linear Algebra is a book that provides the readers with key insights into the fundamentals of linear algebra and their applications.

Summary Of The Book

Linear algebra is the stream of mathematics that deals with vector spaces and linear mappings between them. When utilized in conjunction with calculus, linear algebra provides a solution to linear systems of differential equations. Linear algebra is central, to applied as well as pure mathematics. Strang explains that the sole motive behind this book is to portray the beauty of linear algebra, throwing light on its value. This edition adopts the tested approach, followed by previous editions, making the subject highly interesting and easy to understand. This book gradually takes the readers from working with numbers to vectors, to the four vital subspaces.

In total, this book comprises 10 chapters. Some chapters include Numerical Linear Algebra, Complex Vectors and Matrices, Linear Transformations, Vector Spaces and Subspaces, and Solving Linear Equations. Instead of dealing passively with the subject, Strang talks about the extremely fine elements of linear algebra, which helps to strengthen the readers’ base in the subject. In this edition, the readers are provided with an extensive range of examples in each section. This book comprises new problems of several types, which explore the applications of linear algebra in engineering, science, and management.

Strang also highlights the importance of learning linear algebra, grading it equal to calculus. The readers are also provided with conceptual questions that are designed to test the readers’ understanding. At the end of each chapter, Strang reviews the important terms and concepts covered. The end of this book also comprises solutions to certain exercises in this book.

About Gilbert Strang

Gilbert Strang is an author and mathematician.

Apart from this book, Strang has written Differential Equations And Linear Algebra, Computational Science And Engineering, Linear Algebra And Its Applications, and Essays In Linear Algebra.

Strang was born on 27th November, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from Rhodes Scholar, Balliol College, Oxford. Strang also holds a doctoral degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has been working with MIT, as a Professor of Mathematics, since 1962. Strang is an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He is also a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, and is a part of the National Academy of Sciences. Strang has been awarded the Haimo Prize, the Su Buchin Prize, and the Henrici Prize, for his immense mathematical contributions.