- Hardcover: 552 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 8 edition (Sep 5 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0136009298
- ISBN-13: 978-0136009290
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.5 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 862 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #580,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book is for sophomore-level or junior/senior-level first courses in linear algebra and assumes calculus as a prerequisite.
This thorough and accessible text, from one of the leading figures in the use of technology in linear algebra, gives students a challenging and broad understanding of the subject. The author infuses key concepts with their modern practical applications to offer students examples of how mathematics is used in the real world. Each chapter contains integrated worked examples and chapter tests. The book stresses the important roles geometry and visualization play in understanding linear algebra.
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2.2 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews)
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Great book, Sep 2 2009
By dhurandhar - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Linear Algebra with Applications (Hardcover)
I have taught from this textbook (previous edition) and thoroughly enjoyed it. If you are a undergraduate/graduate math major, this is not the book for you. If you are an undergraduate engineering or science major, I doubt you can find a better book on Linear Algebra. What I liked the most about this book is that the author has managed to convey a lot with very few words. For those who want to teach themselves Linear Algebra, this is a great book iff you are willing to figure out missing steps in the theory presented. Trust me, it leads to much better understanding than reading a textbook with all details presented.
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Lousy Textbook, Dec 17 2011
By mrooobaa - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Linear Algebra with Applications (Hardcover)
I bought this for my linear algebra class, and overall, I am definitely disappointed. While it does a decent job of explaining the matrix operations, it is conceptually confusing. In the examples, while doing an essential proof, it will stop halfway through the proof and usually say something like "we will leave the reader to verify the rest". Every time I see that sentence, I want to throw the book against the wall. While I agree that a student needs to verify some conceptual properties of the definition for him/herself, the definition needs to actually be completed and stated clearly. The answers in the back of the book are frustrating as well. Like any other book, it does not have all the answers in the back, but it displays them in a completely random order, instead of every other answer.I found Schaum's outline to be much more helpful. It costs a lot less than this atrocity of a text book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Not a good textbook., Mar 19 2012
By francisco - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Linear Algebra with Applications (Hardcover)
It is just as easy to learn Linear Algebra through osmosis. Professors usually want you to wrestle with concepts in order to gain a better understanding, which is reasonable, but then why have a textbook to begin with? why not just hand out a piece of paper that says "go learn linear algebra on your own" This book has very few exercises and rarely gives any answers in the back of the book, so expect to fly around blindly and expect to use every available resource except for this book.
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