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Linear Algebra Done Right – Sheldon Axler

https://linear.axler.net/
25•the-mitr•2h ago

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wodenokoto•37m ago
Last night I was looking into what to read after or along with 3Blue1Brown's series of Linear algebra videos [1]

The contenders seems to be:

- Linear Algebra Done Right - Sheldon Axler

- Liner Algebra Done Wrong - Sergei Treil

- Introduction to Linea Algebra - Gilbert Strang

- Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices, and Least Squares by Stephen Boyd and Lieven Vandenberghe

[1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2x...

emil-lp•36m ago
+1 for Strang.
dash2•15m ago
Strang is simpler and clearer. Axler is more advanced in the sense that it doesn’t tie it to matrices. Strange is a “first course” book, Axler is a second course.
impossiblefork•1m ago
Lorenzo Sadun's Linear Algebra: The Decoupling Principle would probably be enough too if you added something about determinants.
emil-lp•37m ago
Previously on Hacker News:

Linear Algebra Done Right 58 points, July 2023, 4 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36576114

Linear Algebra Done Right – 4th Edition, 631 points, Oct 2023, 294 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38060159

Linear Algebra Done Right [pdf], 85 points, Sept 2024, 39 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41416799

fithisux•25m ago
These days, linear algebra done right should be accompanied with some CAS to view how algorithms are used.

Possibly paired with some numerical algebra free text (many on the Internet)

dhruv3006•17m ago
I passed the class just because of how good the book is.
hollowturtle•10m ago
For those who find Linear Algebra Done Right too much to start with, and those who don't get why Strang starts with matrices, I can't recommend more "The dark art of linear algebra" read this first. With this you can then tackle every other book on the topic more easily

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Linear Algebra Done Right – Sheldon Axler

https://linear.axler.net/
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