Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jimmie Gilbert, Linda Gilbert
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Category: Book
List Price: $174.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 742192
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Pages: 518
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.5 x 1
ISBN: 0534405819
Dewey Decimal Number: 512.5
EAN: 9780534405816
Publication Date: February 16, 2004
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Product Description
Master linear algebra with LINEAR ALGEBRA AND MATRIX THEORY! With coverage of the classification of bilinear forms, normal matrices, spectral decompositions, the Jordan form, and sequences and series of matrices, this mathematics text prepares you to succeed in this course and in math courses in your future. Numerous examples and exercises illustrate the theories and provide you with the practice you need to master difficult concepts.
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A book not worth to study lin algebra by April 2, 2008
A. Korjenevitch (Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the most stupid books on linear algebra i have ever seen. The explanation of theory is awful, examples given do not provide a student with any idea of what is going on. The solutions of the examples are shortened so that it is very hard for a student to understand all the procedures and the logic behind the solution.
Just awful! April 18, 2008
A.T. (Los Angeles)
I had the doubtful pleasure of teaching a 2nd year linear algebra course from this text at a major Canadian university recently. This is an awful textbook. The proofs are muddled and poorly presented, so much so that it makes you wonder if the authors know what they're talking about. But what makes this text so bad is that the examples are so poor, like it was some last minute addition, an afterthought. If the authors had found some interesting examples, or even applications, and worked them out clearly, I could have forgiven that the proofs are poorly written, but no. There are many better texts out there that do a better job, and some are even available online for free. So stay away from this one!
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