This book provides a comprehensive knowledge of linear algebra for graduate and undergraduate courses. As a self-contained text, it aims at covering all important areas of the subject, including algebraic structures, matrices and systems of linear equations, vector spaces, linear transformations, dual and inner product spaces, canonical forms of an operator and bilinear and quadratic forms. The last three chapters focus on empowering readers to pursue interdisciplinary applications of linear algebra in numerical methods, analytical geometry and in solving linear system of differential equations. A rich collection of examples and exercises are present at the end of each chapter to enhance the conceptual understanding of readers. Basic knowledge of various notions, such as sets, relations, mappings and so on, has been pre-assumed.weiterlesen