David Poole's innovative book emphasizes vectors and geometric intuition from the start and better prepares students to make the transition from the computational aspects of the course to the theoretical. Poole covers vectors and vector geometry first to enable students to visualize the mathematics while they are doing matrix operations. With a concrete understanding of vector geometry, students are able to visualize and understand the meaning of the calculations that they will encounter. By seeing the mathematics and understanding the underlying geometry, students develop mathematical maturity and can think abstractly when they reach vector spaces. Throughout the text, Poole's direct conversational writing style connects with students, and an abundant selection of applications from a broad range of disciplines clearly demonstrates the relevance of linear algebra.
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60 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
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Great linear algebra text!,
By mgordon (CT) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction (with CD-ROM) (Hardcover)
This is an excellent linear algebra textbook. Even if you just wanted to learn more about the subject, I can't imagine a better introduction. I've taken many math courses and saw this book when I was tutoring a first year student. My reaction was "I wish this had been the text when I took linear algebra." I am familiar with Lay, Anton, Strang, Nicholson, and Kolman but Poole beats them all in my opinion. Here's why: clear writing, lots of excellent examples, very good exercises, interesting examples, and extras (like independent study projects and real-world applications) that other books don't have.
At first I thought this book was pretty low-level. But after careful reflection, I realize this is not the case: it is easy to read but not a watered-down version of the subject: it's kind of sneaky that way. All in all I give it thumbs way up.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent text for self study or coursework,
By ash145 (NY, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction (with CD-ROM) (Hardcover)
I am a control systems engineer and deal with the design of physical systems, both linear as well as non-linear. I constantly use this text to refresh material related to linear systems and find it an indispensable resource. Here's why.
The text is very clearly written and the exercises are excellent. Dr Poole does not obfuscate core issues with lengthy proofs. Which is not to say proofs are not presented - they are, but in a very accessible (read "geometric") form. I would strongly urge serious students of the subject to work through the problem sets - they will bring a deeper level of understanding. Highly recommended to students as well as professionals. Update: Jul-2009 I would also recommend checking out Prof Gilbert Strang's MIT OCW lecture on Linear Algebra. Also get Strang's book of the same name - work through the video lectures and the book problems and you will end up with a first class background in the subject.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent book for beginners in linear algebra,
This review is from: Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction (with CD-ROM) (Hardcover)
I'm going to make this simple: This book saved me!
I'we been studying linear algebra past semister, and the book the teacher assigned to us really wasn't explaining things well enough. I got this book one week before the final exam, and I can surely say that it is the only reason why I passed this class! The book is very well written, and the author always seems to be ahead of your head, in knowing what parts might get you confused or what questions you might have in mind. It seems like every time I stumbled on something, the next sentence exactly explained what I was wondering about. Buy this book, you will not regret it!
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