This document provides an overview of linear algebra concepts including vectors, matrices, and matrix decompositions. It begins with definitions of vectors as ordered tuples of numbers that represent quantities with magnitude and direction. Vectors are elements of vector spaces, which are sets that satisfy properties like closure under addition and scalar multiplication. The document then discusses linear independence, bases, norms, inner products, orthonormal bases, and linear operators. It concludes by stating that these concepts will be applied to image compression.