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Noted for its expository style and clarity of presentation this substantial revision reflects a new generation of students' changing needs. Proceeds from familiar concepts to the unfamiliar, from the concrete to the abstract. Features a wide variety of interesting contemporary applications which have been extensively revised and updated. Includes new material on least squares and QR-decomposition and greater emphasis on visualization.
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An expanded version of Anton's Elementary Linear Algebra , 7th ed. The first ten chapters are identical to that text. The 11th chapter consists of 20 applications of linear algebra drawn from business, economics, engineering, physics, computer science, approximation theory, ecology, sociology, demography, and genetics. This revised and updated edition (6th ed., 1991) adds new applications on geometric linear programming and on chaos. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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