In this innovative new Linear Algebra text, award-winning educator David Poole covers vectors and vector geometry first to enable students to visualize the mathematics while they are doing matrix operations. Rather than merely doing the calculations with no understanding of the mathematics, students will be able to visualize and understand the meaning of the calculations. By seeing the mathematics and understanding the underlying geometry, students will develop mathematical maturity and learn to think abstractly.
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Born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, David Poole grew up in Truro, Nova Scotia. He received his B.Sc. from Acadia University in 1976 before earning his M.Sc. (1977) and Ph.D. (1984) from McMaster University. David began his teaching career at Brandon University in 1983-1984 and then joined the faculty of Trent University where he has taught since then. His research interests include discrete mathematics, ring theory, and mathematics education.
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43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction (Hardcover)
As a computer science graduate student without the proper math background, I've been cramming mathematical concepts into my brain for the last few years. And this book, every time, has provided the most lucid, digestable and yet usefully rigorous explanation I have found for whatever concept I'm learning. The four-page explanation of Markov chains, pp. 217-220, e.g., seems very hard to top. The thing is, in CS especially perhaps, you learn to use math as a tool when you have that "ah-hah" moment of intuition. When you get the idea of what *the point* of the particular mathematical tool is. Then you can apply it and use it to think about other problems you might want to solve. Math as a way of thinking. Which is where the clarity of writing and explanation in this book comes through for you. Which is not to say the problems aren't excellent as well, because they are, and you have plenty of opportunity to practice the manipulations associated with a given concept as well. I can't recommend this book enough.
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Read this book!!,
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This review is from: Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction (Hardcover)
I'm a junior majoring in computer science and I had to take a linear algebra course to satisfy my degree requirements. I put off taking the course until this semester since I had heard bad things about the course. Like one of the other reviewers, I learned that the prof changed texts and would be using Poole's Linear Algebra instead of the previous semester's book (which I won't name!)Poole's book is absolutely fantastic. He starts slowly and gives a good concrete foundation before introducing the more abstract concepts - I really liked this approach. There are examples and applications galore, including lots of stuff on codes. (Even though my prof didn't cover all of these applications, I read them all - this book has changed my opinion of the usefullness of linear algebra.) I really recommend this book. If you want to learn linear algebra and have it explained in a clear way, this is the book for you. If you know a prof who is using a different book, get her/him to check this one out. Your fellow students will thank you!
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It doesnt get better than this!,
By Faiz (Toronto, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction (Hardcover)
I am in my second year of university. In pursuit of a degree in math, I?ve been through several books but this one beats them all. The author has made an extra effort to make this very complicated subject understandable. From the clear diagrams to the examples and the exercise questions, every aspect is par excellence. The book starts from the very basic topics and fundamental concepts and covers advanced topics in glorious detail. I?ve had the pleasure of attending some of the author?s lectures and his vast knowledge of this subject in as evident in this book as was in his lectures. If you plan to buy one linear algebra book this definitely the one to get!
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