Solving Systems of Linear Equations

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Chapter 1 Solving Systems of Linear Equations

Linear Algebra is a remarkable area of mathematics. It is wide, deep, and has a huge variety of applications. One of the greatest parts of the subject is that it takes very little in terms of prerequisites to reap great rewards!

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While the abstraction in this book begins in earnest in Chapter 2, readers will find this first chapter imminently practical and full of calculations. At the heart of this chapter is an algorithm to solve systems of linear equations. Though it might seem easy to some students, it is important to understand this chapter before moving on, as it serves as an essential foundation for what follows.

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