This is an excellent and unusual textbook on the application of the theory of matrices. ... The text includes many chapters of interest to applied mathematicians. -Zentralblatt MATH This book is part of a two-volume set (the first volume is published by the AMS as volume 131 in the same series). Written by one of Russia's leading mathematicians, this treatise provides us, in easily accessible form, a coherent account of matrix theory with a view toward applications in mathematics, theoretical physics, statistics, electrical engineering, etc. The individual chapters have been kept as far as...

This treatise, by one of Russia's leading mathematicians, gives in easily accessible form a coherent account of matrix theory with a view to applications in mathematics, theoretical physics, statistics, electrical engineering, etc. The individual chapters have been kept as far as possible independent of each other, so that the reader acquainted with the contents of Chapter 1 can proceed immediately to the chapters of special interest. This is an excellent textbook."" -Zentralblatt MATH