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creative-coder | 6 years ago

Wow... your comment is infact more useful pearl of wisdom for getting the intuition of Eigen-values/vectors. Can you suggest some book/reference that best conveys this intuition ? Somehow, Gilbert Strang's Linear Algebra does put me to sleep :/

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nimish|6 years ago

Linear algebra done right by Sheldon axler

Linear algebra that focuses on matrices of numbers is missing the point and a proper numerical linear algebra class will teach them better anyway

btilly|6 years ago

I would recommend Down with Determinants! instead. Same author, and was the inspiration for that textbook.

https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/awards/Axler-For...

As a graduate student at the time, it opened my eyes about a whole bunch of theorems that I thought I already knew. And it is a lot more approachable than a textbook.

It won an award for the best piece of expository writing on mathematics in 1996. It was a deserved win. :-)

etatoby|6 years ago

I recommend the Linear Algebra series of YouTube videos by 3blue1brown.