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The point is not to understand linear algebra in a few lines of code. The point is to present the language of mathematics in another light; and hopefully demyst
by mattdesl 11y ago
The point is not to understand linear algebra in a few lines of code. The point is to present the language of mathematics in another light; and hopefully demystify intimidating-looking equations that often appear in literature surrounding games, graphics and other fields of programming.
The audience is hobbyists and self-taught developers with no formal background in mathematic notation. This audience might have no problem with a for loop, but the Summation symbol is (literally) just Greek to them.