This is the easier of Kolman's two texts: it has more applications and vector spaces come later in the text. Major revision. New edition is most technology friendly book in this market. Last chapter is on numerical techniques using MATLAB. Also has superb MATLAB manual by Hill/Zitarelli ('96) that should be sampled to anyone interested in technology.
Featuring 163 computer exercises that can be solved using Matlab, this introduction to linear algebra places emphasis on the computational and geometric aspects of linear algebra. Error analysis, linear systems, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and the use of Matlab are covered.