Wonderful learing experience
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I really enjoyed learning from this book. Not beeing a keen reader I was very impressed with the conciseness and clarity of the text. There were many clear examples in the text. I found the question at the end of each chapter helpful for reviewing the new information. What I would have liked to see was the answers to the odd numbered multiple choice questions at the end of the book. And perhaps a discussion sumary of the main points at the end of each chapter. Over all a very impressive book.
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Plain English makes Linear Algebra easier to understand
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The proofs, explanation, and examples in this book make those theorems easier to understand. The true-false questions in the problem sets are also helpful to test if a reader really understands the text. However, I found the solution manual wasn't very useful. I would go to my professor or someone else to find out the answers.
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Poor book
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Not a good text. Even with the accompanying study guide most of the problems are only briefly explained. Multiple choice "did you read it" questions, often full of hidden word traps, are not directly answered in the book.The study guide merely refers the reader to a vague paragraph and page number. This strategy ignores the obvious fact that if the reader got the question wrong they clearly didn't understand that paragraph in the text.
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A great book.
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Because Dr. Lay's book is so well written, linear algebra turned out to be the easiest course I took in my undergraduate work. Lay's book is clear, concise, and overall very well-done. His writing is great; he explains each derivation. The problems he sticks in at the end of the chapter to check your understanding are really nice. The study guide is also very helpful. I wish there were more textbooks like this one.
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This book sucks.
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By far the worst texbook that I have ever had the misfortune to be assigned. I had to drop the course because of it. The language requires a translator to interpret, the problems are presented in an unclear manner, and worst of all, you cannot verify whether your answers are correct, because the book tells you that you should already know them. Avoid this book at all costs. I recommend any book by Robert Busby.
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