Abstract Linear Algebra

Morton L. Curtis

ISBN 10: 0387972633 / ISBN 13: 9780387972633

Verlag: Springer New York, Springer US, 1990

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Beginning from scratch and developing the standard topics of Linear Algebra, this book is intended as a text for a first course on the subject. The goal to which this work leads is the Theorem of Hurwitz - that the only normed algebras over the real numbers are the real numbers, the complex numbers, the quaternions, and the octonions. Unique in presenting this material at an elementary level, the book stresses the complete logical development of the subject and will provide a bavuable reference for mathematicians in general.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780387972633

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Abstract Linear Algebra
• Verlag: Springer New York, Springer US
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0387972633
• ISBN-13: 9780387972633
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

Intended for a first course on the subject, this text begins from scratch and develops the standard topics of Linear Algebra. Its progresses simply towards its ultimate goal, the Theorem of Hurwitz, which argues that the only normed algebras over the real numbers are the real numbers, the complex numbers, the quaternions, and the octonions. The book stresses the complete logical development of the subject.