First, math (linear algebra in particular) is not at all about equations. The format you said is very limiting, because most of the important things in linear a

First, math (linear algebra in particular) is not at all about equations. The format you said is very limiting, because most of the important things in linear algebra are not equations: vector spaces, basis, norms, orthogonality, diagonalization, eigenvalues, etc. Second, if you crave for applications, check out this free linear algebra book: Linear Algebra Done Wrong by Serge Treil (https://www.math.brown.edu/~treil/papers/LADW/LADW.html https://www.math.brown.edu/~treil/papers/LADW/LADW.html) His book has a lot of applications, and has been written as a response to Axler's book, which does not (even though I think that Axler's way is the best). Finally, No Bullshit Guide to Linear Algebra tries to do exactly what you want: the presentation aims to be (I)here's a concept (II)here's a real-world application The book is here: https://gumroad.com/l/noBSLA https://gumroad.com/l/noBSLA, $29 (I found out about this book on Hackernews, which seems to be a pretty decent place for such things)