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In my experience, Linear Algebra Done Right by Axler is a great second book on linear algebra. But it makes sense to most students only if they've seen and done
by mafribe 12y ago
In my experience, Linear Algebra Done Right by Axler is a great second book on linear algebra. But it makes sense to most students only if they've seen and done concrete matrix calculations before. Giving it to a mathematical novice is likely to lead to baffelment. Too abstract.
- nextos 12y agoI don't think it's too abstract. It contains plenty of geometrical intuition. And it makes things very clear and he says them very _early_. E.g., a matrix represents a linear transformation. It took me ages to understand this at high school because I was lost in a sea of matrices.