文档介绍：A First Course in Linear Algebra
A First Course in Linear Algebra
by
Robert A. Beezer
Department of Mathematics puter Science
University of Puget Sound
Waldron Edition
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July 16, 2008
Robert A. Beezer is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Puget Sound, where he has been on the faculty
since 1984. He received a . in Mathematics (with an Emphasis puter Science) from the University of
Santa Clara in 1978, a . in Statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1982 and a .
in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1984. He teaches calculus, linear algebra
and abstract algebra regularly, while his research interests include the applications of linear algebra to graph theory.
His professional website is at .
Edition
Waldron Edition, July 16, 2008.
Based on Version .
Front Cover
“The Summer Chair”
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The most recent version of this work can always be found at .
To my wife, Pat.
Contents
Table of Contents vii
Contributors xv
Definitions xvii
Theorems xxi
Notation xxvii
Diagrams xxix
Examples xxxi
Preface xxxix
Acknowledgements xliii
Part C Core
Chapter SLE Systems of Linear Equations 3