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1 Linear Equations and Matrices.- 1.1 Systems of linear equations.- 1.2 Gaussian elimination.- 1.3 Sums and scalar multiplications of matrices.- 1.4 Products of matrices.- 1.5 Block matrices.- 1.6 Inverse matrices.- 1.7 Elementary matrices and finding A?1.- 1.8 LDU factorization.- 1.9 Applications.- 1.10 Exercises.- 2 Determinants.- 2.1 Basic properties of the determinant.- 2.2 Existence and uniqueness of the determinant.- 2.3 Cofactor expansion.- 2.4 Cramer's rule.- 2.5 Applications.- 2.6 Exercises.- 3 Vector Spaces.- 3.1 The n-space ?n and vector spaces.- 3.2 Subspaces.- 3.3 Bases.- 3.4 Dimensions.- 3.5 Row and column spaces.- 3.6 Rank and nullity.- 3.7 Bases for subspaces.- 3.8 Invertibility.- 3.9 Applications.- 3.10 Exercises>.- 4 Linear Transformations.- 4.1 Basic propertiesof linear transformations.- 4.2 Invertiblelinear transformations.- 4.3 Matrices of linear transformations.- 4.4 Vector spaces of linear transformations.- 4.5 Change of bases.- 4.6 Similarity.- 4.7. Applications.- 4.8 Exercises.- 5 Inner Product Spaces.- 5.1 Dot products and inner products.- 5.2 The lengths and angles of vectors.- 5.3 Matrix representations of inner products.- 5.4 Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization.- 5.5 Projections.- 5.6 Orthogonal projections.- 5.7 Relations of fundamental subspaces.- 5.8 Orthogonal matrices and isometries.- 5.9 Applications.- 5.10 Exercises.- 6 Diagonalization.- 6.1 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors.- 6.2 Diagonalization of matrices.- 6.3 Applications.- 6.4 Exponential matrices.- 6.5 Applications continued.- 6.6 Diagonalization of linear transformations.- 6.7 Exercises.- 7 Complex Vector Spaces.- 7.1 The n-space ?n and complex vector spaces.- 7.2 Hermitian and unitary matrices.- 7.3 Unitarily diagonalizable matrices.- 7.4 Normal matrices.- 7.5 Application.- 7.6Exercises.- 8 Jordan Canonical Forms.- 8.1 Basic properties of Jordan canonical forms.- 8.2 Generalized eigenvectors.- 8.3 The power Ak and the exponential eA.- 8.4 Cayley-Hamilton theorem.- 8.5 The minimal polynomial of a matrix>.- 8.6 Applications.- 8.7 Exercises.- 9 Quadratic Forms.- 9.1 Basic properties of quadratic forms.- 9.2 Diagonalization of quadratic forms.- 9.3 A classification of level surfaces.- 9.4 Characterizations of definite forms.- 9.5 Congruence relation.- 9.6 Bilinear and Hermitian forms.- 9.7 Diagonalization of bilinear or Hermitian forms.- 9.8 Applications.- 9.9 Exercises.- Selected Answers and Hints.