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Summary: Not the best for beginners, but still good
Review: After giving up on this book when I first learned Linear Algebra,
it has turned out to be a very good reference book on the subject.If you need to, use Anton's book to learn the subject, but
I keep this one on my shelf.
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Summary: For beginners!
Review: For a biginner, many famous textbooks(Fridberg's or Leon's or etc.)are too diffcult and focus on high density of theory rather than caculation problems. Examples of this book help me a lot to know Linear Algebra. We could use this as our first text book of Linear Algebra. After we are familiar with Linear Algebra, we could get another textbook.
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Summary: For beginners!
Review: For a biginner, many famous textbooks(Fridberg's or Leon's or etc.)are too diffcult and focus on high density of theory rather than caculation problems. Examples of this book help me a lot to know Linear Algebra. We could use this as our first text book of Linear Algebra. After we are familiar with Linear Algebra, we could get another textbook.
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Summary: Great text for a beginner
Review: Fraleigh/Beauregard's treatment of linear algebra provides a great foundation for learning the subject. The examples are helpful and carefully explained. Numerous exercises help the reader understand the material, however some of the proofs and exercises are a bit trivial. What the book lacks in rigor, it makes up in lucidity-- those seeking a more indepth treatment of the subject should consult Hoffman/Kunze. The text is extremely readable from cover to cover. Overall, this is an excellent text. I recommend it to anyone studying linear algebra.
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Summary: Linear Algebra
Review: Having completed much of my Engineering curriculum (spending much time with my face in a math based text over the last few years) I have to say that this is the most useless textbook I have had to date. From a students perspective It is very difficult to read and the examples are limmited. Althought this book may be technically correct in every aspect it is not a good learning aid! Most of my fellow students have found other resources to copensate.
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Summary: Not easy to understand
Review: I do not find the book suitable for an introductory course in linear algebra. It takes too much time to get through a page in this book due to the use of heavy mathematical language. The examples are not enough to help a student solve the exercices at the end of the book, so often times one has to always rely on the TA office hours to get a homework done. I do not recommend buying this text for a beginner in linear algebra, unless if it's required text for a course.
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Summary: Absolutely Brutal
Review: I've recently had the misfortune of having this book as my text for an introductory linear algebra book. The subject can be hard enough to understand on its own, but this book makes it even worse. The examples are sparse at best, and most of the time are wasted by displaying the proof of a cryptic concept instead of actually assisting to answer the questions in the book. Even worse, when the book does provide a practical example, it often only shows the steps used to complete the problem, not even bothering to explain it! If you are stuck with this book as a course text, I would highly recommend finding a second, more useful book if you wish to get more than a passing grade.
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Summary: Absolutely Brutal
Review: I've recently had the misfortune of having this book as my text for an introductory linear algebra book. The subject can be hard enough to understand on its own, but this book makes it even worse. The examples are sparse at best, and most of the time are wasted by displaying the proof of a cryptic concept instead of actually assisting to answer the questions in the book. Even worse, when the book does provide a practical example, it often only shows the steps used to complete the problem, not even bothering to explain it! If you are stuck with this book as a course text, I would highly recommend finding a second, more useful book if you wish to get more than a passing grade.
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Summary: Complicated and hard to understand
Review: While it may be good for advanced math people, this book is definitely no good for the students who haven't learned linear algebra before. The texts are really hard to follow and most examples are written 50% in math symbols. Understanding concepts is quite impossible, at least for those who haven't studied linear before. I really dont understand why most schools still use this book as a text. This is my honest review as a student who took this class and as a representative of many other students who had the similar opinions about this book.
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