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My favourite linear algebra book in italian is "Geometria e Algebra Lineare" by Abbena, Finno and Giannella. Really great book, with a wealth of exercises and e

My favourite linear algebra book in italian is "Geometria e Algebra Lineare" by Abbena, Finno and Giannella. Really great book, with a wealth of exercises and extensive material. I can also suggest the youtube lectures[0] by Francesco Bottacin, who actually was the one that eventually did my oral examination. He's also written two books based on the course, the one with exercises[1] is very solid and I think you can pass the written exam by just doing it whole. They told me he is a wonderful lecturer. Pity that all this material is in italian. [0] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpJGeVBfmf-6S3neeImAw1w/feed https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpJGeVBfmf-6S3neeImAw1w/fee... [1] https://www.amazon.it/Esercizi-algebra-geometria-Francesco-Bottacin/dp/8874889305?ie=UTF8&SubscriptionId=AKIAJALSGXBDME3OOGUQ&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=8874889305&linkCode=xm2&tag=esculapio-21 https://www.amazon.it/Esercizi-algebra-geometria-Francesco-B...

x0x0 10y ago
You'd probably like Strang. He's an mit professor who shared his linear algebra course lectures. They're excellent. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/video-lectures/ http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-... A one-edition back version of his book _Introduction to Linear Algebra_ is available for under $30. https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Linear-Algebra-Gilbert-Strang/dp/0961408898/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469389149&sr=1-1&keywords=introduction+to+linear+algebra+3rd+strang https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Linear-Algebra-Gilbert-S...
- doppioandante 10y ago
  Unfortunately that book was too lightweight on theory to be of use to me, but it's certainly a very good book. I've recently started Strang's more advanced book on computational linear algebra/numerical analysis and it's pretty good though.
- znpy 10y ago
  I actually don't like the Strang book and his MIT course. I watched 6 or 7 of his lessons, and to be honest, I think they're nice if you already know the subject. I have skimmed both an italian version of his book and an english one, still didn't like it. The nice thing about the Schlesinger book is that it builds all of the concepts basically from scratch. Euclid’s Elements are quoted too, in the introduction. Too bad it has poor examples.
  - x0x0 10y ago
    That was not my experience -- I was utterly confused by my college linear algebra class which was taught as a bag of techniques. I couldn't figure out why anyone would care or what you would do with any of it. And I definitely didn't get the connections to the geometry that Strang goes over in Ch4 iirc. Strang taught me linear algebra. His course -- and I read a couple other books afterwards -- is the only reason I understand it. Not only the how of the techniques, but why and what they do. I don't suppose there's an english translation of the Schlesinger book? Google says no.

x0x0 10y ago

You'd probably like Strang. He's an mit professor who shared his linear algebra course lectures. They're excellent. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/video-lectures/ http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-... A one-edition back version of his book _Introduction to Linear Algebra_ is available for under $30. https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Linear-Algebra-Gilbert-Strang/dp/0961408898/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469389149&sr=1-1&keywords=introduction+to+linear+algebra+3rd+strang https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Linear-Algebra-Gilbert-S...

doppioandante 10y ago
Unfortunately that book was too lightweight on theory to be of use to me, but it's certainly a very good book. I've recently started Strang's more advanced book on computational linear algebra/numerical analysis and it's pretty good though.
znpy 10y ago
I actually don't like the Strang book and his MIT course. I watched 6 or 7 of his lessons, and to be honest, I think they're nice if you already know the subject. I have skimmed both an italian version of his book and an english one, still didn't like it. The nice thing about the Schlesinger book is that it builds all of the concepts basically from scratch. Euclid’s Elements are quoted too, in the introduction. Too bad it has poor examples.
- x0x0 10y ago
  That was not my experience -- I was utterly confused by my college linear algebra class which was taught as a bag of techniques. I couldn't figure out why anyone would care or what you would do with any of it. And I definitely didn't get the connections to the geometry that Strang goes over in Ch4 iirc. Strang taught me linear algebra. His course -- and I read a couple other books afterwards -- is the only reason I understand it. Not only the how of the techniques, but why and what they do. I don't suppose there's an english translation of the Schlesinger book? Google says no.