Linear algebra with applications

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• dragandj · Oct 28, 2018 · Recommends

  …Teach Yourself Foundations of ML and AI with these 6 Books Books: - Ian Hacking - Introduction to probability and Inductive Logic - John Kruschke - Doing Bayesian Data Analysis - Gareth Williams - Linear Algebra with Applications, Alternate Edition - Matthew Scarpino - OpenCL in Action - Michael Nielsen - Neural Networks and Deep Learning - Goodfellow, Bengio, and Courville - Deep Learning

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• agumonkey · Apr 5, 2016 · Recommends

  Gareth Williams Linear Algebra with Applications (6th edition). 2nd hands were very cheap on amazon, some people got one for 90c, I paid 5$ for mine. 5 Very well spent dollars. http://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Applications-Gareth-Wil...

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• agumonkey · Oct 29, 2023 · Recommends

  talking about amazon, someone suggested me to get gareth williams linear algebra with applications (5 bucks on ebay) it's a good applied primer, not big on concepts, more about the mechanics, and it unlocked a lot of things in my head because dry textbook morphisms definitions sent me against imaginary…

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• abdullahkhalids · Apr 28, 2024 · Recommends

  Yes. His books Calculus, Volume 1, One-variable calculus, with an introduction to linear algebra, Calculus, Volume 2, Multi-variable calculus and linear algebra with applications to differential equations and probability, Damn good books.

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• andai · Mar 23, 2025 · Recommends

  …these feelings to my classmates and was met with disgust: "We are pure mathematicians. We do not concern ourselves with applications!" Lucky for me, their disgust led them to discard several wonderful "Linear Algebra With Applications" books to the "free book pile", which I made excellent use of and greatly enjoyed. That being said, in most of these books the "applications" are confined to a bonus section at the end of each chapter,…

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• craigching · Dec 19, 2014 · Critical

  I was interested so I looked them up: A First Course in Probability: http://www.amazon.com/First-Course-Probability-9th/dp/032179... Linear Algebra with Applications: http://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Applications-Otto-Brets... Note that the Bretscher book has really terrible reviews, but I can't evaluate if the reviews are correct or not.

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• caspper69 · May 27, 2020 · Mentions

  …can't see how a single self-contained Linear Algebra course could in any way prepare one for the actual data science behind AI and ML. But your point is well taken otherwise. Edit: Reviewing Bretscher (Linear Algebra with Applications, 5th), it appears you are correct; it's not until you study the applications that you need Calculus. Most Unis I'm familiar with, however, will require multivariable (Calc 3) at least as a pre-req for…

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• forkandwait · Oct 3, 2010 · Mentions

  …him, but he never prepped for class), and was able to learn everything by working through the proofs in the text. Bartle has a multi-dimensional version too. For linear algebra, I was suggest Strang's "Linear Algebra with applications", 3rd edition. Then "Linear Algebra Done Right". While you are at it, get Hungerfords "Abstract Algebra: An Introduction"; you will need an easy reference to fields and groups and polynomials. All…

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• a-dub · Jan 10, 2019 · Critical

  …a course and have leafed through another. I have to be honest, I never have understood why everyone loves his texts so much. I always felt that they were lacking in practical applications (even the Linear Algebra with Applications version) and that a lot of the ideas were not immediately clear when presented in his writing style. It often seemed that ideas and definitions would be thrown out with not much connection to why they…

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• Plough_Jogger · Dec 19, 2014 · Mentions

  A First Course in Probability: http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-First-Course-in-Probability-EDN-9-... Linear Algebra with Applications: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Linear-Algebra-with-Applications-5ed... International editions of textbooks are immensely cheaper.

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• Jtsummers · Feb 11, 2022 · Mentions

  …classes "up to linear algebra" and she took the course to learn linear algebra so I would guess that it was linear algebra. Google confirms: https://www.math.princeton.edu/undergraduate/placement/MAT20... - Linear Algebra with Applications.

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• agumonkey · Mar 25, 2018 · Mentions

  Sorry, first it's a linear algebra, it's by Gareth Williams, linear algebra with applications, I picked the 5th edition iirc, 5$ hardcover.

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• PeterisP · Feb 11, 2022 · Mentions

  The course is "Linear Algebra with Applications" - and the OP explicitly wanted a course to learn linear algebra for non-math majors. It's not about "doing mathematics" in the sense of doing novel math, it's about learning basic linear algebra and…

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• Animats · Feb 11, 2022 · Mentions

  …"purist" scientific pursuit - it focuses on the theory for people for whom the theory is the point. The practical applications are for the engineers" Yes, and it tends to be taught that way. But this is "Linear Algebra with Applications", being offered to non-mathematicians. That should be taught less abstractly.

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