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A Second Course in Linear Algebra
Robert A. Beezer
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Front Matter
1
The Fundamentals
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Matrix Decompositions
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Canonical Forms
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Applications
5
Topics
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A Second Course in Linear Algebra
Robert A. Beezer
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Puget Sound
beezer@pugetsound.edu
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