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Introduction to Matrix Algebra

Introduction to Matrix AlgebraIntroduction to Matrix Algebra (book)

Print: $25.96

Since 2002, the Introduction to Matrix Algebra book has been downloaded by more than 30,000 users from 50 different countries. This book is an extended primer for undergraduate Matrix Algebra. The book is either to be used as a refresher material for students who have already taken a course in Matrix Algebra or used as a just-in-time tool if the burden of teaching Matrix Algebra has been placed on several courses. In my own department, the Linear Algebra course was taken out of the curriculum a decade ago. It is now taught just in time in courses like Statics, Programming Concepts, Vibrations, and Controls. There are ten chapters in the book 1) INTRODUCTION, 2) VECTORS, 3) BINARY MATRIX OPERATIONS, 4) UNARY MATRIX OPERATIONS, 5) SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS, 6) GAUSSIAN ELIMINATION, 7) LU DECOMPOSITION, 8) GAUSS-SEIDAL METHOD, 9) ADEQUACY OF SOLUTIONS, 10) EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS.
Numerical Methods with Applications: Abridged

Numerical Methods with Applications: AbridgedNumerical Methods with Applications: Abridged (book)

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This book entitled Numerical Methods with Applications is written primarily for engineering undergraduates taking a course in Numerical Methods. The textbook offers a unique treatise to numerical methods which is based on a holistic approach and short chapters. This book is a product of many years of work on educational projects funded since 2002 by the NSF. Features: 1) Examples of real-life applications are available from seven different engineering majors. 2) Each chapter is followed by multiple-choice questions. 3) Supplemental material such as primers on differential and integral calculus, and ordinary differential equations are available on the web. 4) The book has a state-of-art dedicated open courseware website with YouTube lectures, extra examples, PowerPoint presentations, worksheets in MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, Maple and MathCAD, anecdotes, eBooks, and blogs. To access the website, go to http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu, to access the blog go to http://autarkaw.wordpress.com.
AUTAR K. KAW is a Fellow of ASME, Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher at the University of South Florida, Tampa. Professor Kaw obtained his B.E. (Hons.) degree in mechanical engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India in 1981. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1987 and M.S. degree in 1984, both in Engineering Mechanics from Clemson University, SC. He joined the faculty of University of South Florida, Tampa in 1987. He has also been a Maintenance Engineer (1982) for Ford-Escorts Tractors, India, and a Summer Faculty Fellow (1992) and Visiting Scientist (1991) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

His research interests include Mechanics of Composite Materials, Fracture, Bridge Assemblies, Development of Educational Software, and Software Interfaces for Engineering Models. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Florida Department of Transportation, Research and Development Laboratories, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Montgomery Tank Lines.

He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a member of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). He has written more than 60 technical papers, a text book on mechanics of composite materials, and developed several software instructional programs for courses such as Mechanics of Composites and Numerical Methods.

He has won several teaching, research and service awards. Notable awards include the 2004 CFAT/CASE Florida Professor of the Year Award, 2004 ASME Curriculum Innovation Award, the 2003 Archie Higdon Mechanics Educator Award and the 1991 Ralph Teetor Award.