TY  - BOOK
AU  - Farin,Gerald
AU  - Hansford,Dianne
TI  - Practical linear algebra: a geometry toolbox 
SN  - 9781466579569 (hardback)
U1  - 512.5 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Linear algebras
KW  - study and teaching
KW  - Analytic geometry,
KW  - Linear operators
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Descartes' Discovery; 
2. Here and There: Points and Vectors in 2D; 
3. Lining Up: 2D Lines; 
4. Changing Shapes: Linear Maps in 2D; 
5. 2 × 2 Linear Systems; 
6. Moving Things Around: Affine Maps in 2D; 
7. Eigen Things; 
8. 3D Geometry; 
9. Linear Maps in 3D; 
10. Affine Maps in 3D; 
11. Interactions in 3D; 
12. Gauss for Linear Systems; 
13. Alternative System Solvers; 
14. General Linear Spaces; 
15. Eigen Things Revisited; 
16. The Singular Value Decomposition; 
17. Breaking It Up: Triangles; 
18. Putting Lines Together: Polylines and Polygons; 
19. Conics 
20. Curves
Appendix A. Glossary; 
Appendix B. Selected Exercise Solutions; 
Bibliography;
Index
N2  - Practical Linear Algebra covers all the concepts in a traditional undergraduate-level linear algebra course, but with a focus on practical applications. The book develops these fundamental concepts in 2D and 3D with a strong emphasis on geometric understanding before presenting the general (n-dimensional) concept. The book does not employ a theorem/proof structure, and it spends very little time on tedious, by-hand calculations (e.g., reduction to row-echelon form), which in most job applications are performed by products such as Mathematica. Instead the book presents concepts through examples and applications.
ER  -