Matrices: theory and applications

Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface to the First Edition.- List of Symbols.- 1 Elementary Linear and Multilinear Algebra.- 2 What Are Matrices.- 3 Square Matrices.- 4 Tensor and Exterior Products.- 5 Matrices with Real or Complex Entries.- 6 Hermitian Matrices.- 7 Norms.- 8 Nonnegative Matrices.- 9 Matrices with Entries in a Principal Ideal Domain Jordan Reduction.- 10 Exponential of a Matrix, Polar Decomposition, and Classical Groups.- 11 Matrix Factorizations and Their Applications.- 12 Iterative Methods for Linear Systems.- 13 Approximation of Eigenvalues.- References.- Index of Notation.- General Index.- Cited Names.-