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4、ºphiÁzeta³xi»chiÂeta´omicronopsiÃthetaµpi¼omega!Cover.ThisisCramer'sRuleappliedtothesystemx+2y=6,3x+y=8.Theareaofthe¯rstboxisthedeterminantshown.Theareaofthesecondboxisxtimesthat,andequalstheareaofthe¯nalbox.Hence,xisthe¯naldeterminantdividedbythe¯rstdeterminant.PrefaceInmostmath
5、ematicsprogramslinearalgebraistakeninthe¯rstorsecondyear,followingoralongwithatleastonecourseincalculus.Whilethelocationofthiscourseisstable,latelythecontenthasbeenunderdiscussion.Somein-structorshaveexperimentedwithvaryingthetraditionaltopics,tryingcoursesfocusedonapplications,o
6、ronthecomputer.Despitethis(entirelyhealthy)debate,mostinstructorsarestillconvinced,Ithink,thattherightcorematerialisvectorspaces,linearmaps,determinants,andeigenvaluesandeigenvectors.Applicationsandcomputationscertainlycanhaveaparttoplaybutmostmath-ematiciansagreethatthethemesoft
7、hecourseshouldremainunchanged.Notthatallis¯newiththetraditionalcourse.Mostofusdothinkthatthestandardtexttypeforthiscourseneedstobereexamined.Elementarytextshavetraditionallystartedwithextensivecomputationsoflinearreduction,matrixmultiplication,anddeterminants.Thesetakeuphalfofthe
8、course.Finally,whenvectorspacesandlinear