Book recommendations: Linear algebra

[gruba]

Homework Statement

What books of completely solved problems (free in pdf) in linear algebra would you suggest?
Please suggest books that have solved problems, and not theory.

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

 

[jedishrfu]

Schaums Outline book on Linear Algebra has many solved examples as well as many unsolved ones too.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0071794565/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Its not a PDF and costs about $13 so that's pretty cheap.

 

[MidgetDwarf]

I would get an older edition of Linear Algebra by Anton (5 dollars shipped) and Friedberg, Ingel, Spence, "Linear Algebra," (8 dollars shipped). Friedberg is typically used for a second course, but it can be used as an introduction. If it is to hard, refer to Anton.

 

[jack476]

I really liked Strang's book for a well-rounded approach to the subject.

For sheer number of drill problems, Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Kreyszig has a section on linear algebra that's one of the better introductions I've seen. I use the 7th edition, which you can get very cheaply off Amazon.

There's also the abstract algebra book by Pinter, A Book of Abstract Algebra, that I recommend because it's easy to read and helps to keep the broader ideas in mind.

 

[MidgetDwarf]

I really liked Strang's book for a well-rounded approach to the subject.

For sheer number of drill problems, Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Kreyszig has a section on linear algebra that's one of the better introductions I've seen. I use the 7th edition, which you can get very cheaply off Amazon.

There's also the abstract algebra book by Pinter, A Book of Abstract Algebra, that I recommend because it's easy to read and helps to keep the broader ideas in mind.

I found Strang a bit to verbose, great exercises however. This is a love it or hate book. I found Linear Algebra by Friedberg easier to read than Strang.

 

[bacte2013]

I strongly recommend the "Linear Algebra" by Hoffman/Kunze for in-depth learning of the topics. I am currently reading this book alongside with Friedberg (required text for my current LA course), and I found that H/K gives more insights and clearer explanations than Friedberg. Two things I do not really like about Friedberg are that the problem sets are quite repetitive and some important theorems and concepts are pushed to the problem sets.

Great resource for the problems is a book called "Problems in Linear Algebra" by Paul Halmos.

 

[micromass]

I think a lot of people here are missing that the OP specifically asked for a book that was light on theory...

 

[bacte2013]

Ah! How about Schaum's Outlines of Linear Algebra? I think Paul Halmos' Problems Book of Linear Algebra work very well too.

 

[micromass]

Ah! How about Schaum's Outlines of Linear Algebra? I think Paul Halmos' Problems Book of Linear Algebra work very well too.

Depends on what the OP means with linear algebra. You interpret it as vector spaces. The OP might simply have matrix algebra and some geometry in mind.

 

[SrVishi]

Speaking of Hoffman and Kunze, and Halmos' Linear Algebra Problem Book, how do those two compare as a main textbook?

 

[micromass]

Speaking of Hoffman and Kunze, and Halmos' Linear Algebra Problem Book, how do those two compare as a main textbook?

Halmos' linear algebra problem book isn't meant as a main textbook. So it's very bad as a main textbook.