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An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra – BetterExplained

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Despite two linear algebra classes, my knowledge consisted of “Matrices, determinants, eigen something something”.

Despite two linear algebra classes, my knowledge consisted of “Matrices, determinants, eigen something something”. Why? Well, let’s try this course format: Name the course Linear Algebra but focus on things called matrices and vectors Teach concepts like Row/Column order with mnemonics instead of explaining the reasoning Favor abstract examples (2d vectors! 3d vectors!) and avoid real-world topics until the final week The survivors are physicists, graphics programmers and other masochists. We missed the key insight: Linear algebra gives you mini-spreadsheets for your math equ

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