Best Linear Algebra
If purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson, the access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included, may be incorrect, or may be previously redeemed. 9780134022697 / 0134022696 Linear Algebra and Its Applications plus New MyMathLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 5/e. This text makes these concepts more accessible by introducing them early in a familiar, concrete R n 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. Lay is also a coauthor of several mathematics texts, including Introduction to Functional Analysis with Angus E. Taylor, Calculus and Its Applications , with L. J. Goldstein and D. I. Schneider, and Linear Algebra Gems–Assets for Undergraduate Mathematics, with D. Carlson, C. R. Johnson, and A. D. Porter. David Lay has received four university awards for teaching excellence, including, in 1996, the title of Distinguished Scholar—Teacher of the University of Maryland. In 1994, he was given one of the Mathematical Association of America’s Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. David Lay is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Canadian Mathematical Society, the International Linear Algebra Society, the Mathematical Association of America, Sigma Xi, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematics Association of America, and the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences. Judi has received three teaching awards: two Inspiring Teaching awards at the University of Regina, and the Thomas Lutz College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award at Washington State University. She has been an active member of the International Linear Algebra Society and the Association for Women in Mathematics throughout her career and has also been a member of the Canadian Mathematical Society, the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
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The new chapters about applications of the SVD, probability and statistics, and Principal Component Analysis in finance and genetics, make it also a textbook for a second course, plus a resource at work. The basic course is followed by eight applications: differential equations in engineering, graphs and networks, statistics, Fourier methods and the FFT, linear programming, computer graphics, cryptography, Principal Component Analysis, and singular values. Audience: Thousands of teachers in colleges and universities and now high schools are using this book, which truly explains this crucial subject. 12: Linear Algebra in Probability and Statistics; Matrix Factorizations; Index; Six Great Theorems. Introduction to Linear Algebra, 5th Edition by Gilbert Strang. As with his classic Linear Algebra and its Applications (Academic Press) from forty years ago, Strang's new edition of Introduction to Linear Algebra keeps one eye on the theory, the other on applications, and has thestated goal of "opening linear algebra to the world" (Preface, page x).Aimed at the serious undergraduate student - though not just thoseundergraduates who fill the lecture halls of MIT, Strang's homeinstitution - the writing is engaging and personal, and the presentation is exceptionally clear and informative (even seasoned instructors maybenefit from Strang's insights). The WorkedExamples include material such as the Gershgorin Circle Theorem, whilethe Problems and Challenge Problems offer the student a chance to master basic ideas and to think much more mathematically about the conceptsunder study. For example, Problem 29 of Chapter 6 asks for thecomputation of the eigenvalues of three matrices (not just genericmatrices, but matrices with structure and, thus, a chance to learnsomething about how the features of the matrix influence theeigenvalues), while Problem 39 of the same chapter asks for the possible values of the determinants, traces, and eigenvalues of the six 3 X 3permutation matrices.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have a large section of mathematics books including several on the subject of linear algebra. For many years my “go to” text on linear algebra was an old 2nd edition of MIT Professor Gilbert Strang’s seminal book on the subject that I picked up at a swap meet. All chapters are superbly crafted, but my favorites are: Chapter 7 because SVD plays an important role in Principal Component Analysis for dimensionality reduction as well as PCA regression; Chapter 10 as it enhances the math subject matter with practical applications; Chapter 11 which is a nice adjunct to the pure math content and reminds me of portions of the old “Numerical Methods” (Prentice-Hall) text by G. Dahlquist et al that I used in my early days of data science; and Chapter 12 which is perfect for data scientists who want to see the relationship with statistics and probability. The book is used as the textbook for MIT’s undergrad linear algebra course 18.06. It’s going to sap a lot of time from my busy schedule because with such a great learning resource in my hands, I know myself, I’m going to spend time “re-learning” the subject for the nth time, doing the problem sets, and thinking hard about how important math is to a firm understanding of machine learning."
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The text focuses on the central goal of linear algebra: understanding the structure of linear operators on finite-dimensional vector spaces. A variety of interesting exercises in each chapter helps students understand and manipulate the objects of linear algebra. Thus the text starts by discussing vector spaces, linear independence, span, basis, and dimension. “This is the third edition of this well-known introduction to linear algebra. MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"But the material is mostly theoretically interesting, and does not cover many of the computational tricks in a normal linear algebra class — Gauss-Jordan elimination, a hugely important topic, is not even mentioned. You work more with operators and vector spaces than with matrices, and finishing this book won't help you understand the matrix terminology that's common in linear algebra."
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"The student has perhaps taken a linear algebra course designed for engineers and scientists."
"Axler on the other hand has managed to write a linear algebra textbook that is appropriate in length."
"But here's the nit: there is no visual typesetting difference between scalars and vectors."
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This new fourth edition of the acclaimed and bestselling Div, Grad, Curl, and All That has been carefully revised and now includes updated notations and seven new example exercises. H. M. Schey is Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Book by James Stewart.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"In all, I would say someone making an honest effort could learn the subject matter from this text while supplementing any of the great free online resources that are out there (such as Khan Academy)."
"I used this book for AP Calc AB in High School and also for MTH 161 and 162 in college. So by all means, this book is great quantity wise, but the quality of the the examples and practice problems might disappoint you if you don't have the help form someone who knows what they are talking about."
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The book carefully develops the theory of different algebraic structures, beginning from basic definitions to some in-depth results, using numerous examples and exercises to aid the reader's understanding.
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Best Intermediate Algebra
If purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson, the access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included, may be incorrect, or may be previously redeemed. 9780134022697 / 0134022696 Linear Algebra and Its Applications plus New MyMathLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 5/e. This text makes these concepts more accessible by introducing them early in a familiar, concrete R n 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. Lay is also a coauthor of several mathematics texts, including Introduction to Functional Analysis with Angus E. Taylor, Calculus and Its Applications , with L. J. Goldstein and D. I. Schneider, and Linear Algebra Gems–Assets for Undergraduate Mathematics, with D. Carlson, C. R. Johnson, and A. D. Porter. David Lay has received four university awards for teaching excellence, including, in 1996, the title of Distinguished Scholar—Teacher of the University of Maryland. In 1994, he was given one of the Mathematical Association of America’s Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. David Lay is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Canadian Mathematical Society, the International Linear Algebra Society, the Mathematical Association of America, Sigma Xi, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematics Association of America, and the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences. Judi has received three teaching awards: two Inspiring Teaching awards at the University of Regina, and the Thomas Lutz College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award at Washington State University. She has been an active member of the International Linear Algebra Society and the Association for Women in Mathematics throughout her career and has also been a member of the Canadian Mathematical Society, the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Good book."
"I liked the study guide, but the "see the text" responses and failing to answer T/F questions was absolutely annoying (although I saw Lay's purpose b/c I did learn more by looking it up, it was just time-consuming)."
"The text refers to this study guide, but the study guide refers back to the book for the detailed explanation."
"Excellent deliverly and product just in time for my semester."
"I've just used this book for only two weeks and so far I like it."
"This book is very hard to understand."