Linear Algebra and Its Applications

David C. Lay

ISBN 10: 0201520311 / ISBN 13: 9780201520316

Published by Addison-Wesley, 1994

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Title: Linear Algebra and Its Applications

Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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For courses in linear algebra. With traditional linear algebra texts, the course is relatively easy for students during the early stages as material is presented in a familiar, concrete setting. However, when abstract concepts are introduced, students often hit a wall. Instructors seem to agree that certain concepts (such as linear independence, spanning, subspace, vector space, and linear transformations) are not easily understood and require time to assimilate. These concepts are fundamental to the study of linear algebra, so students' understanding of them is vital to mastering the subject. This text makes these concepts more accessible by introducing them early in a familiar, concrete Rn setting, developing them gradually, and returning to them throughout the text so that when they are discussed in the abstract, students are readily able to understand. Also available with MyMathLab MyMathLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. MyMathLab includes assignable algorithmic exercises, the complete eBook, interactive figures, tools to personalize learning, and more.

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Avoiding the Brick Wall
Linear algebra is relatively easy for students during the early stages of a course, when the material is presented in a familiar, concrete setting. But when abstract concepts are introduced, students often hit a "brick wall". Instructors seem to agree that certain fundamental concepts (such as linear independence, spanning, subspace/vector space, and linear transformations), are not easily understood, and require time to assimilate. Yet students' understanding of these concepts is vital to their mastery of the subject. Lay introduces these concepts early in a familiar, concrete R^n setting, develops them gradually, and returns to them again and again throughout the text. Finally, when discussed in the abstract, these concepts are more accessible because they are familiar. This is the only introductory linear algebra text that allows students to avoid the "brick wall."

David C. Lay holds a Ph.D. from UCLA and is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maryland. He has over 30 research articles published in functional analysis and linear algebra, and as a founding member of NSF-sponsored Linear Algebra Curriculum Study Group, Lay has been a leader in the current modernization of the linear algebra curriculum.