Introductory Linear Algebra with Applications

by Bernard Kolman

This text provides an introduction to the basic ideas, computational techniques, and applications of linear algebra. The most applied of our basic texts in this market, this text has a superb range of problem sets. Also, this book is extremely technology-friendly, integrating optional CAS and a robust website. Topics covered include wavelets; the Leslie Population Model; fractals; dynamical systems; linear equations and matrices; determinants; vectors; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; linear transformations and matrices; linear programming; and more. Ideal as an introduction to Linear Algebra.

Genres: Mathematics, Textbooks

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1993

About the author

Bernard Kolman received his B.S. (summa cum laude with honors in mathematics and physics) from Brooklyn College in 1954, his Sc.M. from Brown University in 1956, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1965, all in mathematics. During the summers of 1955 and 1956, he worked as a mathematician for the U.S. Navy, and IBM, respectively, in areas of numerical analysis and simulation. From 1957-1964, he was employed by the UNIVAC Division of Sperry Rand Corporation, working in the areas of operations research, numerical analysis, and discrete mathematics. He has also had extensive experience as a consultant to industry in operations research. From 1964-1998, he was a member of the Mathematics Department at Drexel University, where he also served as Acting Head of this department. Since 1964, his research activities have been in the areas of Lie algebras and operations research.

Professor Kolman is the author of numerous papers, primarily in Lie algebras, and has organized several conferences in this area. He is also well known as the author of many mathematics textbooks that are used worldwide and have been translated into other languages.

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[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reasonable explanations. lots of applications sprinkled through out and many examples - this can be good or bad depending on how terse you like things - the formatting makes it easy to gloss over unneeded examples though.

exercises are good and numerous but only odd solutions are provided (and none for theoretical ones so far ) and many are wrong in the 6th edition I have. Perhaps the newer editions are better about this but it can be irritating.

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