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Best resource for beginning Linear Algebra
I tried Strang, but I prefer books to lectures. I took an introductory course, but was left with "So what?" I plan to self-study over the summer for machine learning course in the fall.
- Tomte 10y agoStrang has a great book. If you want something different, Axler's "Linear Algebra Done Right" or maybe Shilov's Linear Algebra book are good.
- Cypher 10y agoits common to put "ask HN:" for posing questions like this. Without it I was expecting a link to resources.
- avindroth 10y agoThanks will do
- zhte415 10y agoWork yourself through on paper. Really helps. Jumping vectors into matrixes and vice versa I found fun. Then do the same thing at multi-dimension levels, should also be fun. Then you're there. Edit: Maths, just study maths. Not meaning to a higher degree, but to enjoy it.
- stuxnet79 10y agoI was in a similar situation. If you were left with a "So what" feeling then I imagine it would be difficult to plow through a general linear algebra book without having a feel for the end-game. Since you already took an introductory course, why not just start studying machine learning directly and learn the little linear algebra you need on the side? How much more linear algebra do you really think you need? Don't be a Depth-First-Search learner ;-) [1] [1] http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/617625/on-familiarity-or-how-to-avoid-going-down-the-math-rabbit-hole/617995#617995 http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/617625/on-familiarit...
- cdnsteve 10y agohttps://www.khanacademy.org/math/linear-algebra https://www.khanacademy.org/math/linear-algebra
- 0x54MUR41 10y agoI would recommend Khan Academy too.
- pizza 10y agoAnother student to learn with, where you alternate student and teacher roles.
- sharmi 10y agoI have worked a bit with Strang and I love the intiution that his lectures provide but I did not finish the full course :) I initially wanted to suggest Linear Algebra from Foundation to Frontiers [1] as it had an accompanying book [2] from Edx, but I had no experience in that, so checked up a bit online and outside their course website, they had not so good reviews [3]. So I am providing the links for you to decide yourself. Another answer on quora [4] suggests Coding the Matrix from Coursera, which is supposed to be rigorous in algorithms with excellent assignments in real world applications. So may be that is your cup of tea. [1] https://www.edx.org/course/linear-algebra-foundations-frontiers-utaustinx-ut-5-04x#ct-read-review-widget https://www.edx.org/course/linear-algebra-foundations-fronti... [2] http://ulaff.net/ http://ulaff.net/ [3] https://www.quora.com/Which-online-course-for-linear-algebra-is-better-edXs-LAFF-or-MITs-OCW-course-with-Gilbert-Strang https://www.quora.com/Which-online-course-for-linear-algebra... [4] https://www.quora.com/If-linear-algebra-is-so-important-for-data-science-topics-like-ML-why-arent-the-likes-of-Coursera-Udacity-and-edX-offering-solid-courses-on-this-topic https://www.quora.com/If-linear-algebra-is-so-important-for-...
- samfisher83 10y agoIsn't Linear algebra taught in the 10th grade? I remember I took linear algebra again in college since they don't have an AP test for it, but it was mostly the the same stuff. I remember getting an A in the class without too much studying since it was pretty much just using matrices. Isn't linear Algebra still taught in high school?
- aphextron 10y agoLinear Algebra is generally a Freshman/Sophmore level college class in the US
- jwdunne 10y agoI'm currently reading this book. It's been quite helpful so far and its free. http://joshua.smcvt.edu/linearalgebra/ http://joshua.smcvt.edu/linearalgebra/