Linear Algebra: A First Course in Pure and Applied Math, 1/e

For freshman/sophomore-level courses in linear algebra.

This innovative new way of teaching a first linear algebra course stresses an “Active Reading” theme that teaches students to reach mathematics. A secondary theme of the text is much more applied: solving least square solutions to AX = b.

Maple 10, 1/e

Maple 10 is a computer algebra system available from Maplesoft capable of performing mathematical calculations as well as programming, and 2-D and 3-D visualizations. Maple 10 offers full computing support for any activity involving mathematics, including numerical computation, symbolic computation, data visualization and technical authoring of mathematical documents.

Students can enter and solve problems interactively, see what they have entered represented graphically, link their work to Excel spreadsheets, publish to the web in Maple applets and Java applets, and much more.

The Maple 10 Student Edition CD is only £10 when bundled with any Pearson maths title.  If the student were to purchase Maple through Maplesoft, the price would be £80