Peter D. Lax, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. Dr. Lax is the recipient of the Abel Prize for 2005 "for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions". * A student and then colleague of Richard Courant, Fritz John, and K. O. Friedrichs, he is considered one of the world's leading mathematicians. He has had a long and distinguished career in pure and applied mathematics, and with over fifty years of experience in the field, he has made significant contributions to various areas of research, including integratable systems, fluid dynamics, and solitonic physics, as well as mathematical and scientific computing.

"...an informative and useful book, distinguished by its blend of theory and applications, which fulfills its goals admirably." (MAA Review March 2008)

• Preface. Preface to the First Edition.1. Fundamentals.2. Duality.3. Linear Mappings.4. Matrices.5. Determinant and Trace.6. Spectral Theory.7. Euclidean Structure.8. Spectral Theory of Self-Adjoint Mappings.9. Calculus of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Functions.10. Matrix Inequalities.11. Kinematics and Dynamics.12. Convexity.13. The Duality Theorem.14. Normed Linear Spaces.15. Linear Mappings Between Normed Linear Spaces.16. Positive Matrices.17. How to Solve Systems of Linear Equations.18. How to Calculate the Eigenvalues of Self-Adjoint Matrices.19. Solutions.Bibliography.Appendix 1. Special Determinants.Appendix 2. The Pfaffian.Appendix 3. Symplectic Matrices.Appendix 4. Tensor Product.Appendix 5. Lattices.Appendix 6. Fast Matrix Multiplication.Appendix 7. Gershgorin's Theorem.Appendix 8. The Multiplicity of Eigenvalues.Appendix 9. The Fast Fourier Transform.Appendix 10. The Spectral Radius.Appendix 11. The Lorentz Group.Appendix 12. Compactness of the Unit Ball.Appendix 13. A Characterization of Commutators.Appendix 14. Liapunov's Theorem.Appendix 15. The Jordan Canonical Form.Appendix 16. Numerical Range.Index.

Peter D. Lax, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. Dr. Lax is the recipient of the Abel Prize for 2005 "for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions". * A student and then colleague of Richard Courant, Fritz John, and K. O. Friedrichs, he is considered one of the world's leading mathematicians. He has had a long and distinguished career in pure and applied mathematics, and with over fifty years of experience in the field, he has made significant contributions to various areas of research, including integratable systems, fluid dynamics, and solitonic physics, as well as mathematical and scientific computing.

"...an informative and useful book, distinguished by its blend of theory and applications, which fulfills its goals admirably." (MAA Review March 2008)

• Preface. Preface to the First Edition.1. Fundamentals.2. Duality.3. Linear Mappings.4. Matrices.5. Determinant and Trace.6. Spectral Theory.7. Euclidean Structure.8. Spectral Theory of Self-Adjoint Mappings.9. Calculus of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Functions.10. Matrix Inequalities.11. Kinematics and Dynamics.12. Convexity.13. The Duality Theorem.14. Normed Linear Spaces.15. Linear Mappings Between Normed Linear Spaces.16. Positive Matrices.17. How to Solve Systems of Linear Equations.18. How to Calculate the Eigenvalues of Self-Adjoint Matrices.19. Solutions.Bibliography.Appendix 1. Special Determinants.Appendix 2. The Pfaffian.Appendix 3. Symplectic Matrices.Appendix 4. Tensor Product.Appendix 5. Lattices.Appendix 6. Fast Matrix Multiplication.Appendix 7. Gershgorin's Theorem.Appendix 8. The Multiplicity of Eigenvalues.Appendix 9. The Fast Fourier Transform.Appendix 10. The Spectral Radius.Appendix 11. The Lorentz Group.Appendix 12. Compactness of the Unit Ball.Appendix 13. A Characterization of Commutators.Appendix 14. Liapunov's Theorem.Appendix 15. The Jordan Canonical Form.Appendix 16. Numerical Range.Index.

Peter D. Lax, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. Dr. Lax is the recipient of the Abel Prize for 2005 "for his groundbreaking contributions to the theory and application of partial differential equations and to the computation of their solutions". * A student and then colleague of Richard Courant, Fritz John, and K. O. Friedrichs, he is considered one of the world's leading mathematicians. He has had a long and distinguished career in pure and applied mathematics, and with over fifty years of experience in the field, he has made significant contributions to various areas of research, including integratable systems, fluid dynamics, and solitonic physics, as well as mathematical and scientific computing.

"...an informative and useful book, distinguished by its blend of theory and applications, which fulfills its goals admirably." (MAA Review March 2008)

• Preface. Preface to the First Edition.1. Fundamentals.2. Duality.3. Linear Mappings.4. Matrices.5. Determinant and Trace.6. Spectral Theory.7. Euclidean Structure.8. Spectral Theory of Self-Adjoint Mappings.9. Calculus of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Functions.10. Matrix Inequalities.11. Kinematics and Dynamics.12. Convexity.13. The Duality Theorem.14. Normed Linear Spaces.15. Linear Mappings Between Normed Linear Spaces.16. Positive Matrices.17. How to Solve Systems of Linear Equations.18. How to Calculate the Eigenvalues of Self-Adjoint Matrices.19. Solutions.Bibliography.Appendix 1. Special Determinants.Appendix 2. The Pfaffian.Appendix 3. Symplectic Matrices.Appendix 4. Tensor Product.Appendix 5. Lattices.Appendix 6. Fast Matrix Multiplication.Appendix 7. Gershgorin's Theorem.Appendix 8. The Multiplicity of Eigenvalues.Appendix 9. The Fast Fourier Transform.Appendix 10. The Spectral Radius.Appendix 11. The Lorentz Group.Appendix 12. Compactness of the Unit Ball.Appendix 13. A Characterization of Commutators.Appendix 14. Liapunov's Theorem.Appendix 15. The Jordan Canonical Form.Appendix 16. Numerical Range.Index.