Algebra and Geometry Basics

Author: Zhang Zhaochi Xu Zhong
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Publish Date: 2001-06-08
Features: This book is a research outcome of the "Reform Plan for Teaching Content and Curriculum System in Higher Education Towards the 21st Century" by the Ministry of Education. It is a 21st-century curriculum textbook and a key textbook for the "Nineth Five-Year Plan" of the State Education Commission in general higher education. The main content covers linear algebra and spatial analytical geometry. The book strives to unify related content using modern and contemporary mathematical ideas and perspectives, significantly broadening, enriching, updating, and improving upon the corresponding traditional engineering textbooks. The entire book takes linear spaces and linear mappings as the main thread, integrating linear algebra and analytical geometry while permeating them with analytical content to form an organic whole. This approach aims to cultivate students' abstract thinking and logical reasoning abilities, enhance their mathematical application skills, and optimize the overall curriculum system. The book consists of eight chapters, each followed by exercises, and includes answers and hints at the end. It can serve as a textbook for non-mathematics majors in science and engineering disciplines requiring a higher level of mathematical proficiency in universities and colleges. With appropriate supplementary content, it can also be used as a textbook for related courses in information and computer science, as well as other science disciplines.