This popular and successful text was originally written for a one semester course in linear algebra at the sophomore undergraduate level. In the second edition, a new chapter on Jordan normal form was... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I found the book to be very thorough and well written. It seemed very easy to understand except for the chapter on Jordan Canonical Forms. However, I would not recommend this book to someone who is learning it for the first time, unless they have a high degree of mathematical maturity. Try the beginner book by Howard Anton.
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