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Funny you mention that, I had a physics course that prepares you for university with a crazy physics lady. She gave us over 150 questions to finish in under a week with full solutions etc.. I worked my butt off, didn't finish the last 8 because of time, she gave me a 8/10, when I told her my...

I'm not a big fan of khanacademy for anything more than the practice questions they have. I liked his explanations when I first started math, after I got exposed to it a bit more I find his rambles a lot and confused me more at times than needed. I was going to watch these lectures...

I got the practice problems, i'll read a bit into the book and see how it feels. I have a couple sample pages to try out.

Sounds good, ordered both of them. Couple weeks and i'll have some more work to do. heh Thanks again for your help!

I finished an introduction to calculus and vectors. I'm currently working on http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-18-006-calculus-revisited-single-variable-calculus-fall-2010/ to help me prepare for a more advanced calculus book. The book I'm using with this is Calculus and Analytic Geometry (9th...

Couldn't have said it better myself! I'm glad we agree.

Nothing, I've scene what matrix's look like and done some small multiplying/inversion but it didnt count for anything. Something from ground zero.

The same student can google the solutions? Pay for the answers from students selling hwk on campus? Pay someone to solve them? Assuming they don't care to learn the material or challenge themselves. Which is a bit counter intuitive considering this specific book is not a general first year...

I really don't know anyone who studies something they enjoy and is looking for an easy solution. Even if you went through the whole book writing out the solutions from the SM without putting in effort, would benefits would you get from it? I suppose you could memorize every question/solution for...

oo micromass! we meet again old friend.. I got that book from the MIT site under the intro to algebra class syllabus. I'm not sure what an easier/good book is for intro to linear algebra tho. Any alternative suggestions?

It's a pretty intense book from my understanding, which isn't used for general intro to physics. Even if a student has all the solutions to the hwk, how does that help them for an exam or prepare them for second year? I get the idea in high school where some teachers walk around with a check...

Why is it so difficult to obtain a manuel for someone looking to compliment the main book? I'm just curious btw, I don't understand the harm in giving students more resources.

I'm looking at purchasing Algebra (2nd Edition) by Michael Artin, is this a good book to purchase as my first intro to linear algebra book for self learning?

Do you know where I can get the instructors one?

[Note from mentor: These posts were split off from a thread about the Kleppner & Kolenkow book, because I think the topic deserves to stand on its own instead of being buried in the other thread.] Is there a solutions manual for the An Introduction to Mechanics kleppner 2nd edition book?