Linear Algebra in Twenty-Five Lectures

A free linear algebra textbook written by

Tom Denton and Andrew Waldron

Edited by Rohit Thomas

What this book is: This textbook contains twenty-five lectures on linear algebra, ideal for a first course for sophomore-level students likely to use the material for applications but still requiring a solid theoretical foundation. Our goal in writing it was to produce students who can perform computations with linear systems and also understand the concepts behind these computations. For more details, see the Table of Contents or the Preface.

Homework: This book is designed to be used in conjunction with online homework exercises written in the WeBWorK system. These exercises help the students read the lecture notes and learn basic computational skills. There are also in-depth conceptual problems at the end of each lecture, designed for written assignments. See the homework page for more information about homework or to obtain access to the online homework exercises.

Download the book:

The entire book can be downloaded as a single pdf file of 1.4 MB and 226 pages. (Last update: March 28, 2011)
The LaTeX source files can be downloaded as a single tarball.

NOTE: Each version of the textbook contains links to an online homework course. The version above links to a model course hosted on the UC Davis WeBWorK server; if you are an instructor, please see the homework page for instructions on obtaining access to this model course. If you plan to use this book to teach a course, you will want to change the links to point to your own WeBWorK course; see the homework page for more details.

Corrections: There undoubtedly remain many errors in the book. If you find any, please let us know by emailing us at linear@math.ucdavis.edu.

Copyright notice: Copyright © 2009 by the authors. This book may be reproduced in its entirety for non-commercial purposes.