A First Course in Linear Algebra.pdf

AFirstCourseinLinearAlgebra

RobertA.Beezer

DepartmentofMathematicsandComputerScience

UniversityofPugetSound

Waldron Edition

Version 2.00 Content

July 16, 2008

Robert A. Beezer is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Puget Sound, where he has been on the faculty

since 1984. He received a B.S. in Mathematics (with an Emphasis in Computer Science) from the University of

Santa Clara in 1978, a M.S. in Statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1982 and a Ph.D.

in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1984. He teaches calculus, linear algebra

and abstract algebra regularly, while his research interests include the applications of linear algebra to graph theory.

His professional website is at

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Waldron Edition, July 16, 2008.

Based on Version 2.00.

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\The Summer Chair" c 2008 by David R.D. Beezer. GNU Free Documentation License.

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Robert A. Beezer

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

University of Puget Sound

1500 North Warner

Tacoma, Washington 98416-1043

USA

c 2004 by Robert A. Beezer.

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