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1、AFirstCourseinLinearAlgebrabyRobertA.BeezerDepartmentofMathematicsandComputerScienceUniversityofPugetSoundVersion0.70January5,2006c2004,2005,2006Copyrightc2004,2005,2006RobertA.Beezer.Permissionisgrantedtocopy,distributeand/ormodifythisdocumentunderthetermsoftheGNUFreeDocumentati
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