The strength of this textbook lies in the careful exposition of mathematical thinking, basic set-theoretic notions, and proof techniques combined with contemporary numerical methods used throughout the book. A basic version of computer programs compatible with the widely used program MatLab, and exercises are provided on a disk included with the book.Warmup * Matrix Operations * Invertible Matrices * Subspaces * Rank and Dimension * Geometry * Determinants-I * Diagonalization * Differential Equations * Hermitian Matrices * Triangular Matrices * Unitary Matrices * Block Diagonalization * Jordan Normal Form * Determinants-II * Proofs * Mathematical Induction+* Summary of MINIMAT * Answers * MINIMAT Tutorial (PC Version)

Joel W. Robbin