Linear Algebra and Graph Theory with Python

This chapter gives facts and theorems from linear algebra and graph theory that we use in the following chapters. We include a brief introduction to Python programming with further references for more extensive study. Python codes are provided to help you learn the basics and to give you a deep understanding of the mathematics. The mathematical materials in this section are important for the analysis and control of multi-agent systems. Since this is a preliminary chapter, you can skip this chapter and move on to Chap. 3 if you want to dive into the main topics quickly. You can return to this chapter anytime when you need materials in linear algebra and graph theory in later chapters.