Introduction to Linear Algebra (Gilbert Strang, 5)
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Linear algebra now rivals or surpasses calculus in importance for people working in quantitative fields of all kinds: engineers, scientists, economists and business people. Gilbert Strang has taught linear algebra at MIT for more than 50 years and the course he developed has become a model for teaching around the world. His video lectures on MIT OpenCourseWare have been viewed over ten million times and his twelve textbooks are popular with readers worldwide. This sixth edition of Professor Strang's most popular book, Introduction to Linear Algebra, introduces the ideas of independent columns and the rank and column space of a matrix early on for a more active start. Then the book moves directly to the classical topics of linear equations, fundamental subspaces, least squares, eigenvalues and singular values – in each case expressing the key idea as a matrix factorization. The final chapters of this edition treat optimization and learning from data: the most active application of linear algebra today. Everything is explained thoroughly in Professor Strang's characteristic clear style. It is sure to delight and inspire the delight and inspire the next generation of learners. Review: I Bought This Well-Versed Book to Answer Some Computing Problems ... Namely About the SVD. - If you have ever wondered about SVDs, then this book is for you. I think that you may remember linear algebra from high school. What good was it for, except to occupy your time on your weekends? What good was it for? This book may help you discover some meaning behind it all. Now, what's an SVD? You will use it in MATLAB, but what for? This book will set you down the right path to answer that question. I was urged for years to buy this text. Now, I know why. It's a good book to have in your mathematics and computing library. A good book from Prof Strang of MIT fame. :) Review: Good for self study -- do the questions and check the solutions with the online solution manual - Good for self-study. Do the book along with Youtube videos on the related topics. The practice questions are great, and their is an online solutions manual to check your answers.
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B**S
I Bought This Well-Versed Book to Answer Some Computing Problems ... Namely About the SVD.
If you have ever wondered about SVDs, then this book is for you. I think that you may remember linear algebra from high school. What good was it for, except to occupy your time on your weekends? What good was it for? This book may help you discover some meaning behind it all. Now, what's an SVD? You will use it in MATLAB, but what for? This book will set you down the right path to answer that question. I was urged for years to buy this text. Now, I know why. It's a good book to have in your mathematics and computing library. A good book from Prof Strang of MIT fame. :)
N**D
Good for self study -- do the questions and check the solutions with the online solution manual
Good for self-study. Do the book along with Youtube videos on the related topics. The practice questions are great, and their is an online solutions manual to check your answers.
J**N
I will update the review later
I have just finished watching the course but haven't started reading the book as I have only just received it. I'll adjust the stars and update my review as I go through the book. The paper is not as smooth as that in my other books. So there is a "texture" to it.
G**E
Great book!
Best book, best professor
M**D
Best
This is apparently a controversial methodology. But don't let anyone tell you it teaches "fake" linear algebra. The gist is this: practical applications over abstract theory. Academics complain all it teaches you is how to manipulate matrices. Manipulating matrices is what gets you a job.
W**Y
Gilbert Strang is the best Lin. Alg. Teacher
Needed to learn College Linear Algebra for an OMSA course. Didn't like the prerequisite on EdX, so I followed Gilbert Strang's OpenSourceWare video series. I just had to buy the book... excellent videos, excellent book. Better than the course I took in college.
J**K
Great book, highly recommended for anyone looking to work with Nth dimensional data
Great book, Strang does well making the concepts understandable even if you aren't super familiar with upper level math. Highly recommend the section on eigenvalues and eigenvectors, great for understanding Single Value Decomposition and Principle Component Analysis.
J**E
Great Job!
The shipper was prompt, the book in excellent condition, and provided an excellent experience.
A**H
Top class
Legendary book and explanation to Linear Algebra. Everyone who wants to understand AI should have this as starting point.
W**O
Álgebra linear para engenheiros.
Excelente livro, muito didático e com excelentes exercícios ao final das seções de cada capítulo. Ainda acompanha o material, vídeos-aula do professor Strang no MIT. Recomendo fortemente a compra do livro.
C**Z
The Bible of lin-alg
Great book, it gets a little difficult to follow from chapter 8+, especially if You lack of past concepts
A**D
An amazing book of Linear algebra
Very useful and clear professional content
G**M
Buen producto
Details an explanations that rarely you Will find in a classiak álgebra book. Here explain comceps better than others and open your mind in its aplications.
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