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Anonymous11/14/25, 13:29No.16847356
I've been studying Linear Algebra and Matrices for fucking years now but I honestly understand absolutely nothing thanks to my mental disability. What's the best textbook that teaches all the concepts with real-life examples and their implementation?
>inb4 just give up
I can't give up, I need this job.
As many solved examples as possible. Thanks.
I need to solve the questions pen and paper so no coding shit.
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Anon11/14/25, 13:39No.16847365
Linear Algebra and Its Applications by David Lay is probably a good fit
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Anon11/14/25, 13:51No.16847376
>Ok, I get numbers alright
>What's this? A symbol representing arbitrary numbers?
Hm alright
>Oh no, who put them in fucking squares?
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Anon11/14/25, 17:41No.16847611
A job from solving linear algebra questions on paper?
No such thing.
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Anon11/14/25, 19:01No.16847702
Nobody wants to hire someone who does something as basic as linear algebra
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Anon11/14/25, 21:18No.16847827
(OP)
1. A First Course in Linear Algebra by Edna Kramer
2. Introduction to Linear and Matrix Algebra by Nathaniel Johnston
3. Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction by PooleTry these. And remember to drill stuff at all stages.
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Anon11/14/25, 21:23No.16847832
>the best textbook
the best textbook is one that has an application you care about that utilizes linear algebra
i suggest graphics, which will exercise your geometric intuition to the point where the definitions are hammered into your head, which allows you to think about more abstract spaces (such as higher dimensional, both countable and uncountable)
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Anon11/16/25, 10:09No.16849436
The easiest Linear Algebra book I've found is "Linear Algebra: Step by Step" by Singh. The book has brief solutions at the back and full solutions (including full proofs for the proof questions) on the Oxford University Press website.
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Anon11/17/25, 11:21No.16850486
I highly, HIGHLY recommend Gaitsgory's notes on Algebra I (Math 122) and Algebra II (Math 123). They lay out the theory clearly, what matrices actually are, what linear transformations are, etc. Most books have no clear distinction between application and theory and end up presenting those concepts in a really confused matter. You shouldn't have to do a full course on group theory and commutative algebra before seeing a single vector space but clearing up what those structures are before moving on to more complex structures like a vector space helps a lot with getting used to the formalism.
Also, it's just notes and thus doesn't have many examples, but I still highly recommend you read through them as a lucid treatment on just the theory, feel free to supplement other texts for exercises and examples (the notes actually have exercises too with solutions to a lot of them but they're not really focused on computational stuff).
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Anon11/21/25, 00:05No.16853276
A matrix is some sort of rule (like a function) that transforms an input vector (a list of numbers) to an output vector. That's it. All of the theory is gay and useless for engineering.
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Anon11/21/25, 00:22No.16853291
Use chatgpt and tell it to generate problem sets for you to drill with and provide explanations when you get stuck.
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Anon11/23/25, 11:53No.16855485
Check out Gorodentsev's "Algebra I". It's a fairly comprehensive Linear Algebra book in everything but the name (see pic rel, later chapters cover modules, bilinear forms, etc.)
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Anon11/23/25, 15:19No.16855571
Just read strang if you care about applications or lang if you will never have to take transport phenomena and resistance of materials in your life
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Anon11/26/25, 10:23No.16857348
What other uses does LA have? I was only taught to solve differential equations with it.
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Anon11/27/25, 01:00No.16857805
I'm currently working out of this book, teaching myself linalg on my own free time.https://theportal.wiki/wiki/Linear_Algebra_(Book)
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Anon11/27/25, 06:27No.16857917
cast 5 spells to understand and do linear algebra
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Anon11/27/25, 07:04No.16857947
VMLS is the best applied linalg book and its free, you mainly do modeling with it
https://web.stanford.edu/~boyd/vmls/
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Anon11/30/25, 15:07No.16860133
I had a kind of shitty undergrad (physics and math) where my intuition for lin alg was built around its applications in quantum. I found Axler most helpful for uniting the ideas I encountered in group theory and analysis with that intuition, but it really is a book you should understand sooner rather than later.
I did find Axler to be among the easiest books I've read through, though.
What exactly are you struggling with?