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Immersive Linear Algebra – textbook with fully interactive figures (2015)

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Post by sebg » Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 2:52 AM UTC

Immersive Linear Algebra – textbook with fully interactive figures (2015)
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Post by aligajani » Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 4:59 AM UTC

Wow, this is great.

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Post by bobajeff » Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 5:06 AM UTC

I was just wondering recently why something like this didn't exist when trying to learn about Matrixes via Kahn Academy.

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Post by yellow_postit » Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 5:09 AM UTC

One thing missing in comparison to most other textbooks is a set of problems to test the reader's understanding. The rotating and interactive figures are a very nice touch though.

Along the lines of interactivity, maybe having a scratch area like a Jupyter notebook would be a potentially great addition so that I could try problems near the area where I'm reading.

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Post by aarongeisler » Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 5:12 AM UTC

I really like this. This would've been handy as a student. I definitely prefer this to a textbook.

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Post by tomrod » Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 5:15 AM UTC

This is fantastic, and where I have expected e-textbooks to go for years. Kudos!!!

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Post by blt » Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 5:15 AM UTC

So glad someone made this. I'm a "true believer" in animations and interactivity for learning math. They can make some concepts instantly intuitive that take a while to grasp symbolically.

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Post by Dangeranger » Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 5:16 AM UTC

This is very nice.

As a suggestion for improvement, consider allowing the learner to edit the formulas which represent the figures and have the figures update. Additionally editing the figures could update the formula in real time.

This sort of bi-directional instant feedback will aid the understanding and engagement of the learner better than figure manipulation alone.

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Post by laretluval » Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 5:21 AM UTC

If you're interested in more great animations for a visual understanding of linear algebra, I can't recommend 3Blue1Brown's "Essence of Linear Algebra" series on Youtube highly enough.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2x...

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Post by happy-go-lucky » Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 5:25 AM UTC

yellow_postit wrote: post #4

One thing missing in comparison to most other textbooks is a set of problems to test the reader's understanding. The rotating and interactive figures are a very nice touch though. Along the lines of interactivity, maybe having a scratch area like a Jupyter notebook would be a potentially great addition so that I could try problems near the area where I'm reading.

I thought the same thing. A set of problems to test the reader's understanding and a scratch area like a Jupyter notebook would improve the interactivity.