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 enlarge | Author: David C. Lay
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Category: Book
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 51823
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 576
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 8.2 x 1
ISBN: 0321287134
Dewey Decimal Number: 512.5
EAN: 9780321287137
Publication Date: September 1, 2005
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 Good for the basics July 10, 2007
Tom (Queens, New York)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book in June for a Linear Algebra course I will be starting in the fall. I've been looking through it and reading bits and pieces and from what I see I certainly like this guy's style. I've had completely unusable math books before but this is one of the few that I can use without the assistance of a teacher to at least begin to understand the basic concepts involved. Since I'll be taking the course as a high school student and not as a college student this book seems like it will do just fine to introduce concepts, and, from what I hear, the teacher who is taking over this course in the fall is excellent at explaining stuff so students understand it. Maybe after taking the course I'll change my mind, but for now Linear Algebra and Its Applications is one of the better math books I've ever used.
An outstanding introduction to Linear Algebra August 8, 2007
Tim (Columbia, MD)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book provides a good companion for an introductory course in Linear Algebra. Mr. Lay's style is very clear, readable, and each concept logically builds on the last. My only concern is that, like another reviewer said there is the occasional gap between the exercises and the examples presented, which may require the assistance of the instructor. 4/5 Stars
Great Book! May 24, 2008
Rene Crawford (Georgia)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was not impressed with my instructor for this course, so I had to rely heavily on the book to teach myself the subject. It is very well written, with plenty of appropriate examples and exercises. I really like that Lay puts a couple of practice problems before the actual exercises--I used these as a test of whether or not I needed to re-read the section before doing the h/w. I liked the study guide, but the "see the text" responses and failing to answer T/F questions was absolutely annoying (although I saw Lay's purpose b/c I did learn more by looking it up, it was just time-consuming). The practice tests were helpful, although quite difficult. Make sure you buy a copy that still has the CD-ROM (with the study guide). Another tip is to go to Dr. Lay's website at the University of MD to view any handouts/info he gives his studs. I highly recommend the book.
Very easy book to understand September 28, 2008
sluijs01 (Ohio)
This book is very readable and has plenty of examples that make sense. The book is definitely organized in an order that makes sense to follow it straight through, and not jump ahead since many of the concepts build upon themselves and others.
 An OK book October 4, 2006
A. Fine (Stony Brook, NY)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
While its a very readable book I felt at times that the book leaved out some important details about certain topics. For example it gives an example and explains how to prove something yet gives no directions on how to disprove it, problems still require to do it. Another example later in the book is when it explains how to do something, shows an example, then mentions that some problems have multiple solutions but gives no directions on how to approach these kind of problems or how to make sure that you have all the solutions, you're on your own spending hours trying to put everything together.
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