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Yeah I feel like this "done right" part is responsible for most of the popularity of this book. Makes the reader think they've been learning it wrong. Kind of l
by renyicircle 1mo ago
Yeah I feel like this "done right" part is responsible for most of the popularity of this book. Makes the reader think they've been learning it wrong. Kind of like these clickbait videos "you've been folding your laundry wrong your whole life!" or whatever
- inigyou 1mo agoOr "this one simple trick makes Big Linear Algebra hate you"
- fn-mote 1mo agoThe popularity of Linear Algebra Done Right (IMO) comes from two sources: 1. Excellent exercises. Challenging. Really make you put the concepts together. 2. Good, opinionated pedagogy. If you agree with the philosophy (among other things, determinants are not a beginner tool), the explanations are good. LADR is hardly the only book to eschew determinants for a long time. IIRC Lang takes a similar approach, but is not as digestible.