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. Errors in the first and second
printings of the second edition that I know about are listed below. All these errors were corrected in the third edition.
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, ..., am" should be ""coefficients a1, ..., an".
- 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".