Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 4th Edition

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If you are taking Lin Alg then you have heard of Strang. This is his more advanced book on the topic and it is the be all end all of the topic. I have taken a couple grad courses that did not use this book but the instructor instead wanted to use an obscure text written by someone they knew. I bought this book and used it as a resource for both and it was worth every penny. Things i needed for the other courses were explained well and things that were not necessary were written in an interesting manner and i learned them on my own. I would love to have had him as my adviser or someone to just sit and have coffee with every morning and discuss math.

Context: The use of this book is paralleling a graduate level course for linear algebra having taken an undergraduate course in the same (8 years ago). Quick tips if you're debating this book: - This is not a good book for a first course in linear algebra. You should be strong in matrix operations and understand functions such as traces, determinants, inverses, etc. The first chapter isn't going to walk you through it. - If this is for a course and you're contemplating an international edition, note the questions at the end of each section are mixed up. This could mess you up with homework from the book. There are 5 star reviews out there that provide a good picture of what you can get out of the book. While I agree with those, as mentioned earlier, this is not a first course in linear algebra. Even having taken a course years ago I keep my initial course book with me to help through this book. There is an extensive use of formula instruction and variable based proofs, but when getting to quantitative examples it is rather fast paced jumping over steps. Publishing material of the book is solid, with a heavy cover and pages. Text is easily legible and thus far I haven't noticed typos enough to distract me.

This is an amazing book. I used this book in order to study for my second linear algebra course and it was a big help. Linear algebra can be a complex and daunting subject but Strang does a great job of making all the content relevant and interesting. The level of detail and clear explanations from Strang are just amazing and I would recommend the book to any college student curious about diving into the field of linear algebra.

The book was okay, but I cannot recommend it to anyone. Strang, the author, does not explain the topics too well. This book is definitely not, in my opinion, a book for beginners or people just being exposed, for the first time, to linear algebra. Apparently, everyone who took linear algebra at my university last semester agreed. My school offered two sections of the class last semester with both professors using the same book. Next semester, based on student feedback, both professors unanimously agreed to switch to another book. The worked-out examples are very few in number and do not cover the topics gone over in the problems at the end of each section in the book. In my previous calculus books, if I had trouble on a problem, I could go back to a specific section in the chapter and read why a certain answer was the answer. In this book, despite the claims that linear algebra is a well understood mathematical discipline, it was nearly impossible to find a good explanation as to why a certain answer was a good answer. There is another thing. Strang would often put problems on a certain topic in, say chapter one and not officially go over that topic in, say, chapter three. In my opinion, that is such a bad way to introduce a topic to a beginner and quite the turnoff. For the most part, the online video lectures do help in further explaining the topics gone over in the book. But, the online video lectures are from Spring 1999 and a different book, so the material is a little dated but easy to follow. Unless your professor knows exactly what he is talking about, I would recommend finding another supplementary text to better understand the topics gone over in this book. This book was definitely not worth the $170 I paid for it.

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I ordered my book from the amazon warehouse to take advantage of that sweet two day shipping that i get for free being a prime account. I'd like to note that the reported condition of this book was suppose to be "GOOD", although that should hold no bearing since I didn't even receive the correctly described product. The book I received was a paperback version with a color cover. When I first saw this I wondered why I received a paperback instead of a hardback but then quickly said.. OH Well and figured it'd do the job. A few weeks into the semester I noticed these markings that appeared on every page of the book. After further inspection it was very clear that someone had taken the original book, photocopied it and had it paperback bound. I would have expected an item coming from the Amazon Warehouse to have been at least verified that it was indeed the product matching the description of the ISDN AND that it wasn't a counterfeit. Also, this book was far from being in any "GOOD" condition. Since I'm now in the semester, I have to hold on to this book and buy another before returning it since i rely on the book for homework problems. The next book I purchased was "Like New". Great, right?? WRONG! This new seller (not from amazon warehouse) didn't put in the description that this is the international edition. While I hate how expensive books are, it feels morally wrong to be buying international edition's which were made for students in less fortunate countries so they could have easy access to the material. I had only realized it was an International version once I was notified my item shipped from India. I also need to mention that if you use the international version, the problem set's are ordered differently than the original hardback version. So even if I didn't have a moral issue with buying it, i'd be utterly worthless to me when it comes to assigned homework problems from the book. As of writing this, I'm still waiting for this international version to arrive so I can return it. I had to break down an order a new version, just to ensure I was going to receive the correct book. I sent back the plagiarized version back to amazon to deal with and am waiting for a refund. What a nightmare. If you need this book for your class, be sure to contact the seller and verify it's the hardback. DO NOT purchase otherwise. As far as my review about the book, well... I'm not a big fan of strang. I've used two of his books now and they end up only being useful after the class.

I went through the first 5 chapters. Strang created a readable text that offers helpful explanations and illustrations. He focuses more on concepts and less on proofs. A math major may want a more proof-laden text. As an engineer, I really liked his approach. Note: The 3rd edition has pretty much the same material for a lower price.

Some minor issues in the textbook but a great tool but beginners and even for more advanced students

Wenn man Lineare Algebra lernt um sie anzuwenden, und nicht um Mathematik zu studieren, dann ist dieses Buch das richtige. Die anderen Authoren, die ich gelesen habe, hangeln sich von Theorem zu Beweis und würden lieber tot umfallen als ein Beispiel oder eine Anwendung für den Stoff zu bringen. (z.B. Halmos, Perlis, Axler.) Dieses Buch ist anders, da es erläutert, wozu man den Stoff überhaupt braucht. Am Schluß der meisten Kapitel wird eine praktische Anwendung vorgestellt und durchgerechnet. Zum Beispiel beginnt das Kapitel über Eigenwerte und Eigenvektoren mit dem Hinweis, daß man damit Systeme von Differentialgleichnungen lösen kann. Diesen Hinweis habe ich in keinem der anderen Bücher gefunden. Das Buch ist zum Selbststudium gut geeignet. Es enthält viele Aufgaben. Zur Hälfte der Aufgaben befindet sich im Anhang eine Lösung. Ich habe mir gleich ein zweites Buch dieses Authors gekauft.

Prof. Strange breaks LA down to its core and makes it easy to understand. I use this book not only for my classes, but also quite often as a source along my research.

Da hat jemand bei der Konversion ins Kindle-Format Mist gebaut ... und sich noch nicht mal angesehen, was er denn da fabriziert hat! Schauen Sie die Vorschau im Kindle-Format an! (Vorschau für die gedruckte Version ist nicht verfügbar). Wie sowas durch die Qualitätssicherung kommen kann ist ein Rätsel.