MTH 42 Linear Algebra
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Textbook
I am not following any particular textbook. I will be providing notes instead, and you should primarily study through those notes. There is no single book that covers the material with the same focus on all topics.
There are many excellent linear algebra texts and studying any of them will certainly benefit you. There are many good linear books available freely online. A partial list includes:
A First Course in Linear Algebra, by Ken Kuttler
The material is covered in different order than in our class but over all the approach is similar to mine and at about the same level.
Linear Algebra, by Schilling, Nachtergaele, and Lankham
This is a bit more advanced. The order of the material is closer to mine, but at a more abstract level.
Linear Algebra, by Jim Hefferon (pdf)
This is also at about the same level, but with a slighly different order and choice of topics. A big plus is that it uses round parentheses for matrices except the ugly square brackets that saddly seem to be the norm.
Besides those free books there are many more books that I like and are similar to my approach. None of them quite the same though.
The Linear Algebra book in Schaum's Outline is also quite useful, in that it contains many solved examples and many exercises. You can find cheap copies of the older editions online. I prefer the older editions myself in particular the second one.
The fourth edition is available here: Schaum's outline of Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition.
Notes
Here is the current set of notes: First Set of notes
The notes are often updated, adding new material, but also ocassionally updating previous sections, correcting typos, mistakes etc. Make sure to check this website regularly.
Homework
The list of homework sets assigned so far.