Matrices

Celia, C W; Nice, A T F; Elliott, K F

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-08303-9_13

C W Celia⁷,
A T F Nice^8,9 &
K F Elliott¹⁰

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A matrix is a rectangular array of numbers or symbols, known as the elements of the matrix. The matrix itself does not have a numerical value. A matrix with m rows and n columns is said to be of order m × n.

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City of London Polytechnic, UK
C W Celia (formerly Principal Lecturer in Mathematics)
Mathematics Department, Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton, UK
A T F Nice (formerly Principal Lecturer in Mathematics)
Middlesex Polytechnic, UK
A T F Nice (formerly Principal Lecturer in Mathematics)
Derby Lonsdale College of Higher Education, UK
K F Elliott (formerly Head of the Division of Mathematics Education)

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Queen Mary College, London, UK
C Plumpton (formerly Reader in Engineering Mathematics, Moderator in Mathematics) (formerly Reader in Engineering Mathematics, Moderator in Mathematics)
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C Plumpton (formerly Reader in Engineering Mathematics, Moderator in Mathematics) (formerly Reader in Engineering Mathematics, Moderator in Mathematics)

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Celia, C.W., Nice, A.T.F., Elliott, K.F. (1980). Matrices. In: Plumpton, C. (eds) Advanced mathematics 1. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08303-9_13

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