| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 488 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Descartes' Discovery -- 2. Here and There: Points and Vectors in 2D -- 3. Lining Up: 2D Lines -- 4. Changing Shapes: Linear Maps in 2D -- 5. 2 2 Linear Systems -- 6. Moving Things Around: Affine Maps in 2D -- 7. Eigen Things -- 8. 3D Geometry -- 9. Linear Maps in 3D -- 10. Affine Maps in 3D -- 11. Interactions in 3D -- 12. Gauss for Linear Systems -- 13. Alternative System Solvers -- 14. General Linear Spaces -- 15. Eigen Things Revisited -- 16. The Singular Value Decomposition -- 17. Breaking It Up: Triangles -- 18. Putting Lines Together: Polylines and Polygons -- 19. Conics -- 20. Curves -- A. Glossary -- B. Selected Exercise Solutions -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
"Practical Linear Algebra covers all the concepts in a traditional undergraduate-level linear algebra course, but with a focus on practical applications. The book develops these fundamental concepts in 2D and 3D with a strong emphasis on geometric understanding before presenting the general (n-dimensional) concept. The book does not employ a theorem/proof structure, and it spends very little time on tedious, by-hand calculations (e.g., reduction to row-echelon form), which in most job applications are performed by products such as Mathematica. Instead the book presents concepts through examples and applications."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 18, 2018) |
| Subject |
Algebras, Linear -- Study and teaching
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Geometry, Analytic -- Study and teaching
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Linear operators.
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MATHEMATICS -- Algebra -- Intermediate.
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Algebras, Linear -- Study and teaching.
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Geometry, Analytic -- Study and teaching.
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Linear operators.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hansford, Dianne, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781466579583 |
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1466579587 |
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