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. David Lay introduces these concepts early in a familiar,
concrete Rn setting, develops them gradually, and returns to them again
and again throughout the text so that when discussed in the abstract,
these concepts are more accessible.
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