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This book deals with the mathematical properties of dimensioned quantities, such as length, mass, voltage, and viscosity. Beginning with a careful examination of how one expresses the numerical results of a measurement and uses these results in subsequent manipulations, the author rigorously constructs the notion of dimensioned numbers and discusses their algebraic structure. The result is a unification of linear algebra and traditional dimensional analysis that can be extended from the scalars to which the traditional analysis is perforce restricted to multidimensional vectors of the sort frequently encountered in engineering, systems theory, economics, and other applications.

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Author:   George W. Hart
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1995 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9780387944173

ISBN 10:   0387944176
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   17 March 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

0. Introductory.- 0.1 Physical Dimensions.- 0.2 Mathematical Dimensions.- 0.3 Overview.- Exercises.- 1. The Mathematical Foundations of Science and Engineering.- 1.1 The Inadequacy of Real Numbers.- 1.2 The Mathematics of Dimensioned Quantities.- 1.3 Conclusions.- Exercises.- 2. Dimensioned Linear Algebra.- 2.1 Vector Spaces and Linear Transformations.- 2.2 Terminology and Dimensional Inversion.- 2.3 Dimensioned Scalars.- 2.4 Dimensioned Vectors.- 2.5 Dimensioned Matrices.- Exercises.- 3. The Theory of Dimensioned Matrices.- 3.1 The Dimensional Freedom of Multipliable Matrices.- 3.2 Endomorphic Matrices and the Matrix Exponential.- 3.3 Square Matrices, Inverses, and the Determinant.- 3.4 Squarable Matrices and Eigenstructure.- 3.5 Dimensionally Symmetric Multipliable Matrices.- 3.6 Dimensionally Hankel and Toeplitz Matrices.- 3.7 Uniform, Half Uniform, and Dimensionless Matrices.- 3.8 Conclusions.- 3.A Appendix: The n + m ? 1 Theorem.- Exercises.- 4. Norms, Adjoints, and Singular Value Decomposition.- 4.1 Norms for Dimensioned Spaces.- 4.2 Dimensioned Singular Value Decomposition (DSVD).- 4.3 Adjoints.- 4.4 Norms for Nonuniform Matrices.- 4.5 A Control Application.- 4.6 Factorization of Symmetric Matrices.- Exercises.- 5. Aspects of the Theory of Systems.- 5.1 Differential and Difference Equations.- 5.2 State-Space Forms.- 5.3 Canonical Forms.- 5.4 Transfer Functions and Impulse Responses.- 5.5 Duals and Adjoints.- 5.6 Stability.- 5.7 Controllability, Observability, and Grammians.- 5.8 Expectations and Probability Densities.- Exercises.- 6. Multidimensional Computational Methods.- 6.1 Computers and Engineering.- 6.2 Representing and Manipulating Dimensioned Scalars.- 6.3 Dimensioned Vectors.- 6.4 Representing Dimensioned Matrices.- 6.5 Operations on DimensionedMatrices.- 6.6 Conclusions.- Exercises.- 7. Forms of Multidimensional Relationships.- 7.1 Goals.- 7.2 Operations.- 7.3 Procedure.- Exercises.- 8. Concluding Remarks.- 9. Solutions to Odd-Numbered Exercises.- References.

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FROM THE REVIEWS: ZENTRALBLATT MATH ""As the book is addressed to physicists, engineers, economists and scientists in a broad sense, who are using linear algebra and linear systems theory in the multidimensional setting, the potential reader will find here a consistent and clear exposition of basic ideas and applications which meet their needs. To the more mathematically minded readers the book offers interesting structures and concepts that deserve generalization.”

FROM THE REVIEWS: ZENTRALBLATT MATH As the book is addressed to physicists, engineers, economists and scientists in a broad sense, who are using linear algebra and linear systems theory in the multidimensional setting, the potential reader will find here a consistent and clear exposition of basic ideas and applications which meet their needs. To the more mathematically minded readers the book offers interesting structures and concepts that deserve generalization.

FROM THE REVIEWS: <p>ZENTRALBLATT MATH<br> As the book is addressed to physicists, engineers, economists and scientists in a broad sense, who are using linear algebra and linear systems theory in the multidimensional setting, the potential reader will find here a consistent and clear exposition of basic ideas and applications which meet their needs. To the more mathematically minded readers the book offers interesting structures and concepts that deserve generalization.a

FROM THE REVIEWS: ZENTRALBLATT MATH As the book is addressed to physicists, engineers, economists and scientists in a broad sense, who are using linear algebra and linear systems theory in the multidimensional setting, the potential reader will find here a consistent and clear exposition of basic ideas and applications which meet their needs. To the more mathematically minded readers the book offers interesting structures and concepts that deserve generalization.

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