I am very interested in the teaching of

Linear Algebra

A six-year writing effort resulted into my favorite book and supplements:

1. George Nakos and David Joyner, Linear Algebra with Applications, p.666, Published by Brooks/Cole , CB © 1998 , ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-95526-6
2. George Nakos, Complete Solutions Manual for Nakos and Joyner's Linear Algebra with Applications, p.298, Published by Brooks/Cole , CB © 1998, ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-95528-2
3. George Nakos, Student's Solutions Manual for Linear Algebra with Applications, p.162, Published by Brooks/Cole , CB © 1998 , ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-95529-0

 There are many innovations in this Linear Algebra text. Here are some of its features quoted from the Publisher's Web page (some unique, some common, the combination certainly unique): 

This current text fully integrates applications and technology into the linear algebra course, and provides coverage of provocative topics, such as chaos theory and coding theory. The authors designed this text to be rich in examples, exercises, and applications. It includes all basic linear algebra theory, the most important numerical methods (LU, SVD, Gauss-Seidel, QR etc.), and incorporates technology without sacrificing material basic to the course.

• This text is filled with applications that appear throughout and at the end of each chapter. They are designed to enhance students' learning. Instructors have the flexibility of including or omitting them from the course.
• Computer material is fully integrated into the text, but remains optional. All computer exercises can be solved with a variety of programs including, but not limited to, Maple, Mathematica, and MATLAB.
• The plethora of examples is meant to be valuable to both students and professors. The examples are designed to help make the material easy to learn and easy to teach.
• Mini-project sections appear at the end of each chapter providing opportunities for further discovery. Some emphasize particular applications; others are intended to extend the use of basic theory.
• This text includes in its applications and projects a selection of topics that are not easily found elsewhere, including: Archimedes' Oxen of the Sun Problem, The Fibonacci Money Pile Problem, Newton's Cows and Fields Problem, fractals and affine transformations, basic resultant theory, and an introduction to wavelets.
• Each section opens with goals that familiarize students with the terms they will explore.

 

Also please take a look at the following list of ERRATA found so far.  According to the Publisher, almost all of these errors will be corrected in the third printing of the text scheduled to come out on May 20, 1999.