Linear Algebra Done Right

First and Second Printings of the Second Edition, Errata

I tried hard to make Linear Algebra Done Right error-free, but spotting mistakes in one's own writing can be difficult in a book-length work. All errors in the first and second printings of the second edition that I know about are listed below. If you notice additional errors in the book or have suggestions for improvements, please let me know (linear@axler.net).

• On page 5, second line below 1.1, "an list" should be "a list".

• On page 18, second line from the bottom, "with equation" should be "with the equation".

• On page 28, second line from bottom, "spanned B" should be "spanned V".

• On page 65, line 9, "q_2" should be "q_1".

• On page 81, line 9 of the proof of 5.10, "coefficients a₁, ..., a_m" should be ""coefficients a₁, ..., a_n".

• On page 87, last line of text, "if and only" should be "if and only if".

• On page 88, line 21, "with respect to some operator" should be "with respect to some basis".

• On page 103, in the figure, "lambda v" should be "av".

• On page 107, four lines above 6.17, "a_m" should be "a_n".

• On page 108, in the marginal note, "Dutch" should be "Danish".

• On page 144, line 5, "conjugate" should be "transpose".

• On page 151, line 12 from the bottom, "1-by-1"" should be "1-by-1 matrix".

• On page 154, last line, "S₂u" should be "S₂w".

• On page 185, the four summations starting with "r=0" should start with "r=1".

• On page 195, line 9, the period should be a comma.

• On page 207, fifth line below 9.21, "1 < j <= n" should be "1 < j <= m".

• On page 208, equation (9.23) and last line, "V_M" should be "dim V_M".

• On page 215, second line of 10.1, "u_m" should be "u_p".

• On page 216, third line below 10.5, "u_m" should be "u_n".

• On page 217, "alpha_m" in 10.7 should be "alpha_M".

• On page 244, first line of Exercise 8, "L(V)" should be "V".

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