Functions of Matrices: Theory and Computation
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Author(s): N. J. Higham
Publisher: SIAM
ISBN: 9780898716467
Format: hardback
425pp
Price: $59.00
Review Date: 27 May 2008
Review: The author started to write this book in 2003 since when interest in matrix functions grew significantly with many new functions appearing with a great expansion of the literature so the book is published at a good time. The book is a research monograph covering the theory of matrix functions and numerical methods for computing them, in addition to an overview of applications. The author has endeavoured to make the book book more interesting by including many useful or interesting facts, results, tricks and techniques that have a f(A) connection. The book contains also many historical references, some of which appear to have been unknown before. The book can be used as the basis for a course on functions of matrices at graduate level. It can also be used as a reference for an advanced course on applied or numerical linear algebra.