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I'm teaching matrices at a high school level and I'm looking for good books in this subject.

Thanks

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user42912
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    It seems like it would be pretty easy to make your own notes on the subject at the high school level. – Gregory Grant Feb 16 '16 at 14:13
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    @GregoryGrant The most important is the problems. Maybe there are some books with interesting ones, besides it takes time to write notes on this subject on latex. – user42912 Feb 16 '16 at 14:20
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    This book by Lang might be appropriate, take a look at the preview. It's for undergrads but you can probably read much of it in HS if you have reasonably decent students (which I assume you do because LA is usually not a HS topic). http://smile.amazon.com/Introduction-Linear-Algebra-Undergraduate-Mathematics/dp/0387962050 – Gregory Grant Feb 16 '16 at 14:25
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    Also this book as a chapter on LA that's pretty basic: http://smile.amazon.com/Basic-Mathematics-Serge-Lang/dp/0387967877 – Gregory Grant Feb 16 '16 at 14:27
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    I suggest doing a google search on "introduction linear algebra pdf" and you'll find a ton of free treatments of the subject you can probably find one that works for your students. – Gregory Grant Feb 16 '16 at 15:02
  • Related is Reference books for learning matrices from the beginning?, and in my answer I cite the School Mathematics Study Group (a well-known U.S.A. "new math" high school series of books from the 1960s) volume Introduction to Matrix Algebra, which is now freely available on the internet. The table of contents gives a good indication of what is covered. – Dave L. Renfro Feb 16 '16 at 15:39
  • If you're teaching both vectors and matrices and would be happy to focus on applications in dimensions 2 and 3 (vector geometry, reduction of conics, etc.), perhaps have a look at Pure Mathematics by Parsonson. It deals especially with questions that would be of interest at the high school level (geared towards year 13 school-leaving exams in the UK in the 1970s). While it is rigorous and has interesting problems, including theoretical ones, its approach is much more concrete than is typical in university-level books. Of 29 chapters, 9 are on vectors and linear algebra. – David Feb 17 '16 at 04:36

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You can try to study "Linear Algebra Done Right" of Axler. It is a text at undergraduate level but is very accessible.

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