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What are the best resources to learn linear algebra?

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Dec 21, 2023

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15 Options Considered

Best resources to learn linear algebra	Price	Languages	Features
-- Khan Academy	0	HTML, CSS, JavaScript	Editor, progress saver, video tutorials, written tutorials
-- edX	-	Computer languages, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, English, Russian, French	Forum, video tutorials, written tutorials, projects
-- Algebra (2nd Edition)	$156.22	-	-
-- Immersive Math: Interactive textbook of linear algebra	0	-	-
-- Linear Algebra (Princeton University)	0	-	-

Khan Academy

Top Pro

Q & A section

There is a Q & A section after every video where you can ask questions there and let other users answer them. See More

Top Con

Videos longer than 20min

It's not as short and simple as what it does in High school level videos. And sadly he's not explaining things well in those long videos, such as "null space" and "normal vectors". See More

Specs

Languages:HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Features:Editor, progress saver, video tutorials, written tutorials

Top Pro

Motivation through gamification

Users collect badges and points through completing missions, watching videos, adding comments and more. See More

Top Con

Not complete & not well organized

Not covering all sections of Linear Algebra, and not well organized, compared to other courses on Khan Academy. See More

Top Pro

Free

Khan Academy is 100% free and does not require you to sign up in order to access the courses. See More

Top Con

Lack of practice and mastery challenge

Only got 4 sets of quiz for the whole Linear Algebra course. See More

Algebra (2nd Edition)

Immersive Math: Interactive textbook of linear algebra

Top Pro

Very intuitive

Interacting with Linear algebra ideas such as vectors and matrices. See More

A First Course in Linear Algebra

Lemma: Linear Algebra

Top Con

Too much "Polynomial vectors"

He's mixing too much things out of core ideas of Linear algebra, which leads to confusion. See More

Top Pro

Rich practice in Khan Academy style

For every lesson, it has a "worksheet" where you can attempt to solve problems in the set. And for each problem, there's a "check" button where you can see if it's right or not, and also there're "hint" and "solutions" for each problem. The website also uses the "smart textbox" for entering equations conveniently like what Khan academy does. See More

Solomon Xie's Experience

Very nice web experience See More

Top Con

Teaching skills need to be improved

Top Pro

Very well completed in content

Explicit in content for pretty much everything you need to learn about Linear algebra. See More

MagicalPostverta's Experience

Most condensed and clear explanation. See More

MIT OCW: Linear Algebra 18.06

Top Pro

Most recommended course by people

It's always the first option others recommend you while you're searching how to learn linear algebra. See More

Top Con

Really hard to catch on

With only high school graduate math level, and average IQ, it's really hard to follow its pace either with the video lecture or the course book. See More

Solomon Xie's Experience

Hard to catch on its pace See More

Top Pro

More perspectives

It gives you a lot of "Ah" moments for understanding concepts in many different perspectives, like "dot product" in physics and in business. See More

Top Con

Free for a course but need to buy course book

The hard copy of its course book is not cheap, and PDF version is hard to find. See More

Linear Algebra by Georgi E. Shilov

Edx: Linear Algebra foundations to frontiers

Top Pro

Relevant to programming concepts

Almost every idea has its corresponding programming tips. See More

Top Con

Using too much greek letters and science notations

It seems not to explain things with simple language. See More

Top Pro

All videos are shorter than 5min, easy to understand

Contents about linear algebra are explicit, videos are short and easy. See More

Top Con

Too short to explain things well

Top Con

Based on Matlab for programming tips

Matlab is very expensive for a subscription, so it's hard to say this is a good tool for teaching math since not everyone can afford that. See More

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