Linear Algebra with Applications is an introductory text targeted to second or advanced first year undergraduates in engineering or mathematics. The organization of this text is motivated by the authors' experience which tells them what essential concepts should be mastered by students in a one semester undergraduate Linear Algebra course. The authors' main objectives are to fully develop each topic before moving on and to connect topics naturally. The authors take great care to meet both these objectives, because this organization will allow instructors teaching from this text to stay on task so that each topic can be covered with the depth required before progressing to the next logical one. As a result the reader is prepared for each new unit and there is no need to repeat a concept in a subsequent chapter when it is utilized. This text is geared towards an introductory linear algebra course taken by first or second year undergraduate students. However, it offers the opportunity to introduce the importance of abstraction, not only in mathematics, but in many other areas where Linear Algebra is used. The textbook’s approach is to take advantage of this opportunity by presenting abstract vector spaces as early as possible. Throughout the text, the authors are mindful of the difficulties that students at this level have with abstraction and introduce new concepts first through examples which gently illustrate the idea. To motivate the definition of an abstract vector space, and the subtle concept of linear independence, the authors use addition and scalar multiplication of vectors in Euclidean Space. The authors have strived to create a balance between computation, problem solving, and abstraction. This approach equips students with the necessary skills and problem solving strategies in an abstract setting that allows for a greater understanding and appreciation for the numerous applications of the subject.

Introduction to Linear Algebra

Science & Math

DeFranza, James

Gagliardi, Daniel

Mathematics

McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math.

Student's Solutions Manual t/a Intro to Linear Algebra

Get a better grade with PRECALCULUS and accompanying technology! With a focus on teaching the essentials, this mathematics text provides you with the fundamentals necessary to be successful in this course and your future calculus course. Exercises and examples are presented the way that you will encounter them in calculus so that you are truly prepared for your next course. Tools found throughout the text, such as exercises, calculus connections, and true and false questions also help you master difficult concepts.

Precalculus (Available 2010 Titles Enhanced Web Assign)

Faires, J.Douglas

Brooks/Cole

Authored by Faires and DeFranza. Besides providing complete solutions to all odd-numbered exercises in the text, this guide includes additional material for students who want a more intensive review of algebra and trigonometry. The Study Guide also includes two copies of an examination - one copy to be taken at the beginning of the course to test their readiness for PreCalculus and a second copy to be used at the end of the course so students can assess their improvement and readiness for calculus.

Student Study Guide with Solutions for Precalculus, 4th Edition

Get a better grade with PRECALCULUS! With a focus on teaching the essentials, this mathematics text provides you with the fundamentals necessary to be successful in this course and your future calculus course. Exercises and examples are presented the way that you will encounter them in calculus so that you are truly prepared for your next course. Learning tools found throughout the text such as exercises, calculus connections, and true and false questions help you master difficult concepts.

Precalculus

Book by Holder, Leonard Irvin, Defranza, James, Pasachoff, Jay M.

Single Variable Calculus

PASACHOFF, JAY M.

Holder, Leonard Irvin

Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.

This contemporary calculus text is visually oriented and and includes specific computer and graphing calculator exercises. The authors lead students beyond the basic process of learning theorems, axioms and proofs and emphasize the creative and practical aspects of calculus. Throughout the book, the authors are mathematically careful, especially for key topics and effectively combine an intuitive approach with appropriate rigor. For example, in Chapter 4 on applications of the derivative, the authors freely use facts about slopes that are geometrically evident before the more formal treatment using the mean-value theorem. The authors have developed their explanations, examples, exercises, and applications with the goal in mind of truly teaching the topics of calculus. Boxed steps are provided when appropriate and caution notes alert students to potential pitfalls in problem solving.

Calculus

This book consists of chapters 10-17 of the Holder/DeFranza/Pasachoff text. Visually oriented and intuitively motivated, the text includes specific computer and graphing calculator exercises. Written clearly and providing detailed explanations, the authors lead students beyond the basic process of learning theorems, axioms and proofs, and emphasize the creative and practical aspects of calculus. The book is characterized by some prevailing themes: the authors are mathematically careful, especially for key topics, and combine an intuitive approach with appropriate rigor; and authors have developed their explanations, examples, exercises and applications with the goal in mind of truly teaching the topics of calculus. Boxed steps are provided when appropriate; caution notes alert students to potential pitfalls in problem solving; attention to examples and exercises has been painstaking. Focused on conveying to students the power and utility of calculus, the text emphasizes applications other than purely mathematical ones.

Multivariable Calculus

Precalculus presents the course as it was intended to be taught - it provides students with an integrated review of algebra and trigonometry while focusing on the calculus concepts they'll need to know. Faires and DeFranza wrote this book because they believe students too often leave a precalculus class unprepared to go on. Although students who complete a precalculus course generally have had plenty of algebra and trigonometry review, they often lack the grounding in analysis and graphing necessary to make the transition to calculus. This streamlined text provides all the mathematics that students need--it doesn't bog them down in review, or boggle them with too much, too soon. And the authors have been careful to keep this book, unlike many of the precalculus books on the market, at a length that can be covered in one term.

Besides providing complete solutions to selected exercises in the text, this guide includes additional material for students who want a more intensive review of algebra and trigonometry. Also included in the guide are two copies of an examination - one copy to be taken at the beginning of the course to test their readiness for precalculus and a second copy to be used at the end of the course so students can assess their improvement and readiness for calculus. The authors expect students will be successful in this precalculus course if they score 16 or higher on this 40-question test. And, the authors found that students were well-prepared for calculus, if, after finishing this course, they score 28 or better on the second test.

Study Guide for Faires/DeFranza’s Precalculus

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Introduction to Linear Algebra

Student's Solutions Manual t/a Intro to Linear Algebra

Precalculus (Available 2010 Titles Enhanced Web Assign)

Student Study Guide with Solutions for Precalculus, 4th Edition

Precalculus

Single Variable Calculus

Calculus

Multivariable Calculus

Precalculus

Study Guide for Faires/DeFranza’s Precalculus