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AIM Open Textbook Initiative |
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Main AIM textbook page |
Approved Textbooks
Open source math textbooks for undergraduate courses |
Evaluation criteria
What the Editorial Board looks for in evaluating books |
Editorial Board
Brief profiles of the board members |
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The following book has met the evaluation criteria developed by the AIM Editorial Board.
A First Course in Linear Algebra
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This book is a well-organized text with carefully constructed examples, a full quota of exercises with solutions, and an emphasis that is algebraic rather than geometric. The book is Sage-enabled with approximately 90 examples of Sage code spread throughout. The book sections can be loaded into Sage as worksheets so that the code can be evaluated immediately; however, it is not necessary to use Sage in order to make use of this textbook. As stated in the preface of the book, the dual aims are "to teach the fundamental concepts and techniques of matrix algebra and abstract vector spaces, and to teach the techniques associated with understanding the definitions and theorems forming a coherent area of mathematics."
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