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               Down with Determinants!

                   Sheldon Axler
     Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
                       and
             Michigan State University

     Monday, November 13 from 7:30 pm to 9 pm

        BMUG, 2055 Center Street, Berkeley

This talk will show how linear algebra can be done better
without determinants.  Determinants are difficult, non-intuitive,
and often defined without motivation.  As we will see, avoiding
determinants leads to proofs, definitions, and computations that
are simpler, more intuitive, and quicker than in the standard
approach to linear algebra.

This presentation will be at the BMUG office at 2055 Center Street
in Berkeley.  The office is near the north west corner of Center Street
and Shattuck Ave. which is half a block from the Berkeley BART station.

Driving directions:
        Take the University exit off 80.
        Head east on University toward the UC Berkeley campus.
        Turn right at Shattuck (McDonalds will be at the corner.)
        Go 2 blocks.
        Turn right on Center and look for parking.
        I recommend the parking garage on the left, as the one on
                the right closes at 8 pm.

For more information on the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group (BMUG) 
Mathematics Special Interest Group (SIG), contact: 
        Nancy Blachman
        Variable Symbols, Inc.
        6537 Chabot Road
        Oakland, CA  94618-1618
        Email: nb@cs.stanford.edu
               nb@eeyore.stanford.edu
        Fax: 510 652 8461
        Telephone: 510 652 8462