Linear Algebra Demystified - Softcover

Mcmahon, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071465790 ISBN 13: 9780071465793

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Synopsis

For students looking to get a head start or just brush up on the basic concepts of linear algebra, help is now here. Linear Algebra Demystified is suitable for self-study or as a supplemental reference for much more complicated (and expensive) texts.

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• QUICK and DEPENDABLE review of a typical LINEAR ALGEBRA course
• Brings ABSTRACT concepts down to EARTH
• Hundreds of SOLVED PROBLEMS show you how to get answers, step by step
• Lots of QUIZZES, test questions, and a "final EXAM"

GET A LINE ON LINEAR ALGEBRA!
Now anyone with an interest in linear algebra can master it -- without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius IQ. In Linear Algebra Demystified, mathematician, physicist, and student-savvy author David McMahon provides an effective, illuminating, and entertaining way to learn the essentials of linear algebra.

With Linear Algebra Demystified, you master the subject one step at a time -- at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide offers problems at the end of each chapter and section to pinpoint weaknesses, and a 100-question final exam to reinforce the entire book.

This fast and entertaining self-teaching course makes it much easier to:

• Conquer linear algebra with step-by-step explanations
• Get problem-solving help from hundreds of worked examples
• Gain practical mathematical tools for use in engineering, computer science, physics, and other fields
• Master eigenvalue and eigenvector problems with examples and clarifying discussions
• Find plain-language explanations of complex topics such as vector spaces, linear transformations, inverses, inner product spaces, and matrix decompositions
• Review for advanced linear algebra courses with this quick and reliable guide
• Take a "final exam" and grade it yourself!

Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for those who already know something about linear algebra, Linear Algebra Demystified is the best self-teaching tool or brush-up you can find!

About the Author:

David McMahon is a Microsoft Certified Visual Basic developer. He writes object-oriented software and hardware drivers for Windows NT and 95/98 using Visual Basic and Visual C++. He is also a Microsoft Certification instructor for Visual Basic and Microsoft Access.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071465790
• ISBN 13: 9780071465793
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266