Cengage Learning Linear Algebra and Its Applications

This is an amazing book. I used this book in order to study for my second linear algebra course and it was a big help. Linear algebra can be a complex and daunting subject but Strang does a great job of making all the content relevant and interesting. The level of detail and clear explanations from Strang are just amazing and I would recommend the book to any college student curious about diving into the field of linear algebra.

Some minor issues in the textbook but a great tool but beginners and even for more advanced students

Wenn man Lineare Algebra lernt um sie anzuwenden, und nicht um Mathematik zu studieren, dann ist dieses Buch das richtige.Die anderen Authoren, die ich gelesen habe, hangeln sich von Theorem zu Beweis und würden lieber tot umfallen als ein Beispiel oder eine Anwendung für den Stoff zu bringen. (z.B. Halmos, Perlis, Axler.)Dieses Buch ist anders, da es erläutert, wozu man den Stoff überhaupt braucht. Am Schluß der meisten Kapitel wird eine praktische Anwendung vorgestellt und durchgerechnet. Zum Beispiel beginnt das Kapitel über Eigenwerte und Eigenvektoren mit dem Hinweis, daß man damit Systeme von Differentialgleichnungen lösen kann. Diesen Hinweis habe ich in keinem der anderen Bücher gefunden.Das Buch ist zum Selbststudium gut geeignet. Es enthält viele Aufgaben. Zur Hälfte der Aufgaben befindet sich im Anhang eine Lösung. Ich habe mir gleich ein zweites Buch dieses Authors gekauft.

Prof. Strange breaks LA down to its core and makes it easy to understand.I use this book not only for my classes, but also quite often as a source along my research.

Context: The use of this book is paralleling a graduate level course for linear algebra having taken an undergraduate course in the same (8 years ago).Quick tips if you're debating this book:- This is not a good book for a first course in linear algebra. You should be strong in matrix operations and understand functions such as traces, determinants, inverses, etc. The first chapter isn't going to walk you through it.- If this is for a course and you're contemplating an international edition, note the questions at the end of each section are mixed up. This could mess you up with homework from the book.There are 5 star reviews out there that provide a good picture of what you can get out of the book. While I agree with those, as mentioned earlier, this is not a first course in linear algebra. Even having taken a course years ago I keep my initial course book with me to help through this book. There is an extensive use of formula instruction and variable based proofs, but when getting to quantitative examples it is rather fast paced jumping over steps.Publishing material of the book is solid, with a heavy cover and pages. Text is easily legible and thus far I haven't noticed typos enough to distract me.