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If you're still looking, Gilbert Strang makes the best introduction book I know of: https://math.mit.edu/~gs/linearalgebra/ila6/indexila6.html https://math.mit.
by blopker 2y ago
If you're still looking, Gilbert Strang makes the best introduction book I know of: https://math.mit.edu/~gs/linearalgebra/ila6/indexila6.html https://math.mit.edu/~gs/linearalgebra/ila6/indexila6.html
- plonk 2y agoI like that he leaves determinants to a later chapter and doesn't _start_ with them, I never understood why they were useful or made sense. His view, represented on the cover, is great for learning
- lupire 2y agoI don't understand the anti-determinant brigade. Many linear algebra books don't don't start with determinants.
- plonk 2y agoThey're fine where they are useful, I guess, but my undergrad put way too much emphasis on them when they're not intuitive, don't help (me) much with comprehension, and aren't useful in that many cases compared to the other techniques.