- Title
- Simplifying the solution of linear equations for engineering students using vector techniques
- Creator
- Sultan, Ibrahim
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/65022
- Identifier
- vital:4657
- Identifier
- ISSN:0306-4190
- Abstract
- A procedure is proposed for the solution of a set of n linear equations in n unknowns. The procedure involves a vector technique designed to rid the system of three unknowns in each elimination step such that eventually a one-, two- or three-equation set may be obtained and simply solved. The remaining unknowns may then be directly obtained by back-substitution. The method presented is intended to make it easier for engineering students to write their own code to solve systems of linear equations. The familiarity of engineering students with vector techniques enables them to fully assimilate and utilise the concepts presented in this paper.
- Relation
- International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education Vol. 39, no. 3 (2011), p. 249-255
- Rights
- Manchester University Press
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Algebra; Linear equations; Rectors; Systems of linear equations; Students
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