An illustrated introduction to linear algebra
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An illustrated introduction to linear algebra
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#3Thank you, I'm planning on diving into linear algebra as an exercise to mitigate brain rot
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#4That's really intuitive, especially your description of column notation. Excited to read your other guides!
Also, HT to your user name! Egon Schiele is one of my favorite artists! Loved seeing his works at the Neue in NYC.
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#5I love this. Well, in general, I love illustrated explanations :)
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#6Did it end right when it says it will discuss the dot product?
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#7This is great. I really appreciate visual explanations and the way you build up the motivation. I'm using a few resources to learn linear algebra right now, including "The No Bullshit Guide to Linear Algebra", which has been pretty decent so far. Does anyone have other recommendations? I've found a lot of books to be too dense or academic for what I need. My goal is to develop a practical, working understanding I can apply directly.
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#8Delightful explanation! A great example of how deep concepts can be made accessible and fun.
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#9Aditya Bhargava did it again. I have to say I am a fan already from the old days of Grokking Algorithms.
Re: An illustrated introduction to linear algebra
#10This is great. I really appreciate visual explanations and the way you build up the motivation. I'm using a few resources to learn linear algebra right now, including "The No Bullshit Guide to Linear Algebra", which has been pretty decent so far. Does anyone have other recommendations? I've found a lot of books to be too dense or academic for what I need. My goal is to develop a practical, working understanding I can…
>My goal is to develop a practical, working understanding I can apply directly.
Apply directly... to what? IMO it is weird to learn theory (like linear algebra) expressly for practical reasons: surely one could just pick up a book on those practical applications and learn the theory along the way? And if in this process, you end up really needing the theory then certainly there is no substitute for learning the theory no matter how dense it is.
For example, linear algebra is very important to learning quantum mechanics. But if someone wanted to learn linear algebra for this reason they should read quantum mechanics textbooks, not linear algebra textbooks.