Linear Algebra: Gateway to Mathematics

by Robert Messer

This text is designed to resolve the conflict between the abstractions of linear algebra and the needs and abilities of the students who may have dealt only briefly with the theoretical aspects of previous mathematics courses. The author recognizes that many students will at first feel uncomfortable, or at least unfamiliar, with the theoretical nature inherent in many of the topics in linear algebra. Numerous discussions of the logical structure of proofs, the need to translate terminology into notation, and suggestions about efficient ways to discover a proof are included. This text combines the many simple and elegant results of elementary linear algebra with some powerful computational techniques to demonstrate that theorectical mathematics need not be difficult, mysterious, or useless. This book is written for the second course in linear algebra (or the first course, if the instructor is receptive to this approach).

416 pages, Hardcover

First published January 23, 1997

Reviews

[Sagar Clemensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Varm bog. Man kommer vidt omkring i det lineære algebras univers og det er ret cool. Mange fede opgaver og eksempler. Kan godt være lidt tung nogle gange. Den kunne have godt af en historisk epistel eller to eller bare lidt flere jokes. Der er vist kun én enkelt i hele bogen :(

[Iurie Cojocari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book,
I helped me not only to survived in the my mathematical major, but also to understand. It has been written in a comprehensibly way