Book suggestion: Linear Algebra

Question

Could someone please suggest a good enough book for linear algebra, that can help me with quantum chemistry? Thank you!

Answer 1

I don’t quite now how much “Linear Algebra” you will gonna need, but I will give a list of some books so you can take a look and see what’s the most suitable for you.

Some books for Linear Algebra that I thing they are really good are

• Linear Algebra, by Hoffman K. and Kuntze R. (which goes a little in depth but it is a great piece)

• Basic Linear Algebra, by Blyth T. S. and Robertson E. F. (this one gives you the fundamentals in a more readable way)

• Linear Algebra, by Lang S. (in the same level as the previous one)

• Linear Algebra and Its Applications, by Strang G. (which is really directed through applications of Linear Algebra, therefore it could be of very interest for you)

• Elementary Linear Algebra, by Anton H. (which presents the fundamentals in a very “easy to follow” way)

Also, always check the bibliography of each book because it can contain some good books there as well.

Answer 2

My former advisor Peter Petersen has a book, Lang has one, my undergraduate professor Bill Jacob has one, there is one by Howard Anton, Gilbert Strang has more than one I believe, and there are more...

I got a tip from a user who is into Linear Algebra that Mac Duffee's book on Vectors and Matrices is really good.