Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition Author: Gilbert Strang | Language: English | ISBN:
0980232716 | Format: EPUB
Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition Description
Gilbert Strang's textbooks have changed the entire approach to learning linear algebra -- away from abstract vector spaces to specific examples of the four fundamental subspaces: the column space and nullspace of A and A'.
Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition includes challenge problems to complement the review problems that have been highly praised in previous editions. The basic course is followed by seven applications: differential equations, engineering, graph theory, statistics, fourier methods and the FFT, linear programming, and computer graphics.
Thousands of teachers in colleges and universities and now high schools are using this book, which truly explains this crucial subject.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Vectors; Chapter 2: Solving Linear Equations; Chapter 3: Vector Spaces and Subspaces; Chapter 4: Orthogonality; Chapter 5: Determinants; Chapter 6: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors; Chapter 7: Linear Transformations; Chapter 8: Applications; Chapter 9: Numerical Linear Algebra; Chapter 10: Complex Vectors and Matrices; Solutions to Selected Exercises; Final Exam. Matrix Factorizations. Conceptual Questions for Review. Glossary: A Dictionary for Linear Algebra Index Teaching Codes Linear Algebra in a Nutshell.
- Hardcover: 584 pages
- Publisher: Wellesley Cambridge Press; 4 edition (February 10, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0980232716
- ISBN-13: 978-0980232714
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.7 x 1.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I write as a 35-year veteran teacher of mathematics and statistics, at Mount Holyoke College. This semester I am teaching two sections of linear algebra, from Gilbert Strang's Introduction to Linear Algebra, 4th edition. I understand that I'm one of the first, perhaps the very first, to teach from this edition, scooping even the author himself, whose spring semester at MIT began a week after Mount Holyoke's.
In choosing a book for my course, I reviewed more than a dozen choices. In what follows, I'll try to set out why, looking back on the first two-thirds of the semester, I'm firmly convinced that I chose the right book to teach from. But first, here's an excerpt from an e-mail I sent the author a few weeks ago:
I've admired your book ever since the first edition came out, but
in our department we have to wait in line to teach linear algebra,
and this is my first chance to teach from your book. It's hard to
put into words how much I'm enjoying it.
In 35 years, I've nearly always ended up feeling deeply disappointed
with almost any textbook I've tried to teach from. However I've
had the good fortune to find two books I really admire. Yours is
one of those two inspiring books. Thanks to you, I'm having a blast!
Enthusiasm aside, I'll start the substance of my review with four questions, aimed both at students and at teachers. These questions highlight the features I find inspiring - but they are not merely rhetorical: I've tried to formulate questions that should be helpful to anyone trying to decide whether Strang's Introduction to Linear Algebra is the right choice for them. In each instance, although my own answer is a resounding "Yes to choice one!
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