Schaum's outline of theory and problems of matrices SI (Metric) edition/ Frank Ayres, Jr.

Includes index

Matrices -- Some types of matrices -- Determinant of a square matrix -- Evaluation of determinants -- Equivalence -- The adjoint of a square matrix -- The inverse of a matrix -- Fields -- Linear dependence of vectors and forms -- Linear equations -- Vector spaces -- Linear transformations -- Vectors over the real field -- Vectors over the complex field -- Congruence -- Bilinear forms -- Quadratic forms -- Hermitian forms -- The characteristics equation of a matrix -- Similarity -- Similarity to a diagonal matrix -- Polynomials over a field -- Lambda matrices -- Smith normal form -- The minimum polynomial of a matrix -- Canonical forms under similarity