ABSTRACT
The purpose of this appendix is to deliver the necessary matrix algebra foundation you will need to understand the matrix model of the land carbon cycle, introduced in Chapter 1. If you have taken the undergraduate level of matrix algebra or above, you may skip this appendix. Please note that some important topics in the following are presented in a simple way and they could be easily extended into longer sections. Professor Gilbert Strang’s Linear Algebra lecture in MIT OpenCourseWare (see Recommended Reading) is a good source for extra learning material and self-study.
