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I never found Strang's lectures out of ordinary nor particularly enlightening. But what managed to give me perspective was Pavel Grinfeld's playlists, starting

• tptacek 3y ago
  A student of Strang's, for whatever that's worth to you.
  • penguin_booze 3y ago
    Yes, I was aware, though only much after I watched his videos. To me, the didactic style is what matters, not the intellectual prowess of the mathematician in question. For this topic, and the depth to which I wanted to expose myself, I've found Pavel more accessible than anyone else.
    • tptacek 3y ago
      I think his videos are great, too. Of course, he did his years after Strang's, which were really one of the first of their kind. But I learned linear algebra from those Strang videos, so I have a soft spot for them. (Watch them at 3x, and then at the end of each one, reward yourself by setting it back to 1x, and Gil Strang sounds like he's on a Robotussin bender.)