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Linear algebra, the visual way
Vectors, matrices and eigenvectors you can actually picture.
Build a real intuition for linear algebra: vectors, span, linear transformations, matrix multiplication, determinants, inverses and eigenvectors, with 3Blue1Brown's Essence of Linear Algebra and Gilbert Strang's first MIT 18.06 lecture.
beginnerabout 2 weeks at 40 min a day8 free sources
What you'll cover
Phase 1
Vectors and transformations
- Vectors
- Linear combinations, span and basis
- Linear transformations as matrices
- Matrix multiplication as composition
Phase 2
What matrices tell you
- The determinant
- Inverses, column space and null space
- Systems of equations
Phase 3
Eigen-everything
- Eigenvectors and eigenvalues
- Why they matter
An outline. Your own plan is made when you start, around your level and deadline.
Sources
Free, and fetched for you
- LectureVectors (Essence of Linear Algebra, 3Blue1Brown)youtube.com ↗
- LectureLinear combinations, span, and basis vectors (3Blue1Brown)youtube.com ↗
- LectureLinear transformations and matrices (3Blue1Brown)youtube.com ↗
- LectureMatrix multiplication as composition (3Blue1Brown)youtube.com ↗
- LectureThe determinant (3Blue1Brown)youtube.com ↗
- LectureInverse matrices, column space and null space (3Blue1Brown)youtube.com ↗
- LectureEigenvectors and eigenvalues (3Blue1Brown)youtube.com ↗
- LectureMIT 18.06 Linear Algebra, Lecture 1 (Gilbert Strang)youtube.com ↗
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