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A text for undergraduates, stressing examples, exercises, history, and applications, and keeping abstract exposition to a minimum. Coverage includes linear equations and transforms, subspaces of Rn and their dimensions, orthogonality and least squares, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, coordinate systems, linear systems of differential equations, and linear spaces. Includes chapter exercises and selected answers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Offering the most geometric presentation available, Linear Algebra with Applications, Fifth Edition emphasizes linear transformations as a unifying theme. This elegant textbook combines a user-friendly presentation with straightforward, lucid language to clarify and organize the techniques and applications of linear algebra. Exercises and examples make up the heart of the text, with abstract exposition kept to a minimum. Exercise sets are broad and varied and reflect the author’s creativity and passion for this course. This revision reflects careful review and appropriate edits throughout, while preserving the order of topics of the previous edition.
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