Robert Messer - Linear Algebra: Gateway to Mathematics

Editorial Review

One of the themes of this book is the recognition that many students will at first feel uncomfortable or at least unfamiliar with the theoretical nature inherent in many of the topics of linear algebra.
There are numerous discussions of the logical structure of proofs, the need to translate terminology into notations, and suggestions about efficient ways to discover a proof.
This book combines the many simple and beautiful results of elementary linear algebra with some powerful computational techniques to demonstrate that theoreetical mathematics need not be difficult, mysterious, or useless.

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