Life of Fred - Linear Algebra Expanded Edition (College Series)

The third book in the Life of Fred College Series. The Human Face of Linear Algebra Fred goes on a picnic with his two best friends. A college-level (post-calculus) course in Linear Algebra which includes all the standard topics . . . Systems of Equations with lots of ways to solve them All Kinds of Spaces—Vector, Inner Product, and Dual Spaces Linear Transformations including linear functionals Solving systems of equations with one, many, and no solutions. Gauss-Jordan elimination. Gaussian elimination. Matrices. LU-decomposition. Vector spaces. Inner product spaces. Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization process. Fourier series. Data fitting. Linear Transformations. Linear functionals. Dual spaces. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Markov chains. A great help for any college student! Life of Fred is a series of math books that break the old pattern of drill and kill. Instead of nothing but dry exposition and endless drill exercises, they contain fun stories about Fred Gauss, a child pr