MATLAB is a versatile and powerful software package whose cornerstone is its linear algebra capabilities. MATLAB incorporates professionally developed quality computer routines for linear algebra computation. The Student version is available from Prentice Hall at a reasonable cost. This Student Edition of MATLAB also includes a version of Maple, thereby providing a symbolic computational capability.

An excellent supplement to this book is Linear Algebra Labs with MATLAB, 2^nd ed., by David R. Hill and David E. Zitarelli, Prentice Hall, 1996. This workbook provides labs and applications of the material that are designed to be solved using MATLAB. The primary goal of the workbook is to provide experiences that will aid in the understanding of the basic ideas of linear algebra. The workbook can be obtained at reduced cost when purchased together with this book. This package can be ordered as ISBN 0-13-848409-0.

ATLAST Computer Exercises for Linear Algebra
(ISBN 0-13-270273-8)

ATLAST (Augmenting the Teaching of Linear Algebra through the use of Software Tools) is an NSF sponsored project to encourage and facilitate the use of software in the teaching of linear algebra. Since 1992 ATLAST has been offering faculty workshops using the MATLAB software package. Participants in these workshops design computer exercises, projects, and lesson plans for software-based teaching of linear algebra. A selection of these materials has been published as a manual, ATLAST Computer Exercises for Linear Algebra, Prentice Hall, 1997. The ATLAST book is available as a companion volume of this textbook free of charge when the two books are bundled together for class orders. More information about the ATLAST book can be obtained from the following links:

The collection of software tools (M-files) developed to accompany the ATLAST book may be downloaded from their web page: