Student Solutions Manual to Accompany Contemporary Linear Algebra [With CDROM] - Paperback

by Howard Anton (Author), Robert C. Busby (Author)

Solutions and reasoning for in-text practice problems

The Student Solutions Manual to accompany Contemporary Linear Algebra provides solutions to the practice problems in the text. As rigorous practice is the key to success in any mathematics course, this book is an important resource for any algebra student using Contemporary Linear Algebra in class. Full solutions include graphs and diagrams as needed, and answers to Discussion and Discovery questions include the mathematical reasoning behind the correct solution. Smart students make use of all resources at their disposal, and this solutions manual is an essential tool for targeted, efficient study time.

Author Biography

Howard Anton obtained his B.A. from Lehigh University, his M.A. from the University of Illinois, and his Ph.D. from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, all in mathematics. He worked in the manned space program at Cape Canaveral in the early 1960's. In 1968 he became a research professor of mathematics at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he taught and did mathematical research for 15 years. In 1983 he left Drexel as a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics to become a full-time writer of mathematical textbooks. There are now more than 150 versions of his books in print, including translations into Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Italian, and Indonesian. He was awarded a Textbook Excellence Award in 1994 by the Textbook Authors Association, and in 2011 that organization awarded his Elementary Linear Algebra text its McGuffey Award.