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Welcome to the insrutctor's site for the new edition of David C. Lay's, Linear Algebra and Its Applications! The response of students and teachers to the first two editions of Linear Algebra and its Applications has been most gratifying. The third edition offers even more visualition of concepts, along with enhanced technology support on the web for both students and instructors.
Linear algebra is relatively easy for students during the early stages of the course, when the material is presented in a familiar, concrete setting. But when abstract concepts are introduced, students often hit a brick wall. Instructors seem to agree that certain concepts (such as linear independence, spanning, subspace, vector space, and linear transformations), are not easily understood, and require time to assimilate. Since they are fundamental to the study of linear algebra, students’ understanding of these concepts is vital to their mastery of the subject. Lay introduces these concepts early in a familiar, concrete Rn setting, develops them gradually, and returns to them again and again throughout the text. Finally, when discussed in the abstract, these concepts are more accessible.
For student resources, such as exersise data sets, please go to www.laylinalgebra.com.