The Understanding of Linear Algebra

Accepted: 21-09-2025

Abstract

Though understanding of Linear Algebra is ancient, stretching back into pre-history, its concepts, organization, scope, outlook and practice have seen profound evo- lution over the decades. So what is this thing called Linear Algebra? What unites the practice of Linear Algebra throughout its history and into the present time? What adequately de- scribes Linear Algebra at various earlier periods of its history is typically inade- quate for contemporary Linear Algebra The same is true in reverse: an abstract, structure based discussion of Linear Algebra that fits contemporary mathematics would exclude large periods in the early history of Linear Algebra