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belfalas you probably feel you don't need another one but this is a great book that is friendly for visual learners (even though apparently they don't exist!)

by djmips 4y ago

belfalas you probably feel you don't need another one but this is a great book that is friendly for visual learners (even though apparently they don't exist!) Practical Linear Algebra - Gerald Farin & Dianne Hansford. IIRC, the first edition was based on a work designed to educate design workers at a car firm who either didn't have the background or needed shoring up. So from the beginning it was aimed at the common person. It has since been developed over the years to it's current form. All I know is this book has great illustrations / great analogies and was written in a way that worked _for me_ where other books did not and was a springboard to more advanced texts which as you can tell by the comments there are many. I highly reccomend. http://www.farinhansford.com/books/pla/ http://www.farinhansford.com/books/pla/

djmips 4y ago
For my favourite math YouTuber besides 3B1B as is mentioned all over the comments, I really really like Steve Brunton at UW. I can't believe how much I've learned from his presentations on YouTube which led me to his book 'Data-Driven Science And Engineering' with J. Nathan Kurtz. Excellent book and excellent YouTube videos. http://www.databookuw.com/ http://www.databookuw.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm5mt-A4w61lknZ9lCsZtBw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm5mt-A4w61lknZ9lCsZtBw
a_e_k 4y ago
As a visual thinker and graphics practioner, I'll second this one. This is the linear algebra text that I keep on the bookcase near my desk.
rramadass 4y ago
Seconded. The full name of the book is; Practical Linear Algebra: A Geometry Toolbox. The preface states The subtitle of this book is A Geometry Toolbox; this is meant to emphasize that we approach linear algebra in a geometric and algorithmic way (The first edition was named "The Geometry Toolbox for Graphics and Modeling"). Pair it with Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra – Vectors, Matrices, and Least Squares by Boyd and Vandenberghe (https://web.stanford.edu/~boyd/vmls/ https://web.stanford.edu/~boyd/vmls/) and you are golden.

by djmips 4y ago

djmips 4y ago

For my favourite math YouTuber besides 3B1B as is mentioned all over the comments, I really really like Steve Brunton at UW. I can't believe how much I've learned from his presentations on YouTube which led me to his book 'Data-Driven Science And Engineering' with J. Nathan Kurtz. Excellent book and excellent YouTube videos. http://www.databookuw.com/ http://www.databookuw.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm5mt-A4w61lknZ9lCsZtBw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm5mt-A4w61lknZ9lCsZtBw

a_e_k 4y ago

As a visual thinker and graphics practioner, I'll second this one. This is the linear algebra text that I keep on the bookcase near my desk.

rramadass 4y ago

Seconded. The full name of the book is; Practical Linear Algebra: A Geometry Toolbox. The preface states The subtitle of this book is A Geometry Toolbox; this is meant to emphasize that we approach linear algebra in a geometric and algorithmic way (The first edition was named "The Geometry Toolbox for Graphics and Modeling"). Pair it with Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra – Vectors, Matrices, and Least Squares by Boyd and Vandenberghe (https://web.stanford.edu/~boyd/vmls/ https://web.stanford.edu/~boyd/vmls/) and you are golden.