Linear Algebra and Its Applications

I teach at a public university and hold a Ph.D. in economics. I bought this book for my son, who is a senior in high school and took an online course in linear algebra during the summer. So I did not work through the entire book, but I read some chapters out of interest. This book offers an excellent introduction to linear algebra. It is suitable for both advanced high school students and college students in their first semesters. The explanations are clear. Numerous practice questions help students understand the material.

This book was required for my Matrices class and it's a great resource for extra problems and examples. I found myself going back to this book and the sections, reviewing the material before quizzes and exams. I will say that I wish it gave more examples along with the sections, but it does the job regardless. The sections may be out of order, depending on the curriculum as it was for me. The back of the book has some solutions to the hw problems, but you should be able to find them online with other *extra* resources. Definitely a better buy (rental) versus my university's book store. The difference in rental pricing was huge!

Very happy with what I got! Affordable price for a great quality used book. Only reason you can tell it’s used is because the hardcover looks used. Has units 1-8.

It’s a very nice book. The pages are in very good condition. The edges of the hardcover are a little damaged, but overall it’s in good condition.

I am currently working my way through this book and for my purposes find it to be excellent. Theorems are proved directly and/or in a problem environment. However, these proofs are not as rigorous as one would find in upper level math books. If you are new to the subject but comfortable with high school and or freshman level algebra, this book is very helpful and practical.

I can't believe this is a new book, so dirty and polluted

I bought this book to learn linear algebra after trying another book that was indecipherable. This book makes a better presentation than the previous one but still leaves much to be desired. The author likes to present important points ( theorems ) in the language of mathematical logic. This is not helpful to the student. I am left not understanding what the author is talking about. The examples and problems usually clarify the theorems, but one is left with a chicken or the egg type of dilemma. One needs the theorems to work the problems yet one needs to work the problems to clarify the theorems. The author also presents problems in the language of mathematical logic. The answer book is definitely needed to figure out what the question is asking, i.e. one can work backwards from the answer. Not an easy book to learn linear algebra from but better than what I had. I may try another book to see if there is a math professor who still knows how to teach this subject.

I need this book for my class. I really like that it was so small so it was very easily transportable. My only concern is that it could more examples and use more terminology that is better for new users and mathematicians that are looking to explore more topics. Overall was concise and had a great range of homework problems for practice.

matter not clear presented

Paper quality and printing quality is not good. But content is superb. I think it's an Indian edition. Choose international version.

I already borrowed this book at the university library before so I knew what I was buying. Out of every linear algebra books I've looked at, this one was my favorite. I would definitely recommend buying this book. It gives a great insight into linear algebra and the format is such that it is not overwhelmingly theoretical. Lots of examples after each concept makes anything understandable. It's to be noted that the hardcover edition has frail pages. I don't have data on the paperback edition. You can find the online chapters by googling: "Chapter 9 Linear Algebra and its Applications" & "Chapter 10 Linear Algebra and its Applications." I would take half a star away for paper quality and design (who thought the fully blue and yellow paperback cover was a good choice?) but it's not worth taking a full star off so I can only give it 5 stars.

Great price and speedy delivery!

Muy buen estructurado manual con un enfoque didáctico y funcional eficaz