On: Free Linear Algebra textbook

[nextos]

> I adopted a book that is a great book, very clear and clean, but students did not understand it.

Was this book Axler perhaps?

A great book that mixes concepts and calculations is Shilov.

[jimhefferon → nextos]

The book has been posted since 1995, so no, not Axler. :-)

I do think that matching the approach to the audience is key. I admire Axler, and a number of other current texts, but in addition to considering the mathematical approach, an instructor also needs to consider where the folks in the room currently are.

[p1esk → jimhefferon]

Where does your book assume its audience is?