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David Poole - Does linear algebra need to be ``reformed''?



DAVID POOLE, Department of Mathematics, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario  K9J 7B8
Does linear algebra need to be ``reformed''?


In this talk, I will offer some personal reflections on linear algebra textbooks and curricula, past and present. My comments will be informed by recommendations made by the Linear Algebra Curriculum Study Group (cf. College Mathematics Journal, January 1993) as well as my own teaching experiences. I hope to be sufficiently provocative to generate some lively, but friendly, discussion.