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Yes, the book is great as well, it's written in a very friendly tone. These lectures were recorded long ago (1999), recent lectures (on calculus and another co
by ludwigvan 16y ago
Yes, the book is great as well, it's written in a very friendly tone.
These lectures were recorded long ago (1999), recent lectures (on calculus and another course) by Strang have higher video quality.
I have experienced mono audio on some too, you might be able to fix it with your video player though. ( If you are watching on iPhone/iPad, there is a mono setting in settings-accessibility btw.)
Check out http://www-math.mit.edu/~gs/ http://www-math.mit.edu/~gs/ for the other lectures by Strang. Also in this paper: "too much calculus"
http://www-math.mit.edu/~gs/papers/essay.pdf http://www-math.mit.edu/~gs/papers/essay.pdf he discusses why linear algebra should be emphasized more (and calculus less) in the digital age.
- johnwatson11218 16y agoyea I caught that point about too much calculus. I studied math as an undergrad - 3 semesters of calc, 2 real analysis, 2 more of topology and have not used any of it as a programer. I did linear algebra and discrete math but it was not enough to really make a difference. It seems like history is more at play here than anything else. For 300+ years they have been polishing up that continuous math track and it was what all the scientists and engineers found useful. I also think this is the reason everybody uses doubles and floats for doing financial apps. It makes so much more sense to use integers and talk about "how many" pennies one has rather than "how much" money one has. Floats and doubles were designed to estimate continuous quantities not exact figures.