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I am trying to study Jordan forms from the book by Hoffman and Kunze (chapters 6 and 7) and find it a little too terse. Could someone please suggest an alternative reference or a supplement to this book.

Thanks.

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    Friedberg, Insel, and Spence have two sections on Jordan Canonical Forms in Chapter 7 of their book.2011-05-23

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A very focused and short complete reference is Weintraub's "Jordan Canonical Form, Theory and Practice". Besides the notes by Matthews are very appropriate for a second course on linear and matrix algebra, developing, proving and explaining a great deal about canonical forms.

Hope this helps...

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    Thank you very much for the reference.2011-05-24
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Try Matrix Analysis and Applied Linear Algebra by Meyer and Linear Algebra and its Applications by Strang.

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    Thank you for the reference.2011-05-23