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“Introduction to Linear Algebra” by Gilbert Strang is the book. Recommend getting a used older edition as not much has changed.

His course at MIT is legendary, completely available online https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010...

And there’s so much good linear algebra stuff on YouTube from 3brown1blue.

If you can do one thing now, watch this Veritasium video to disprove the myth that you’re a visual learner: https://youtu.be/rhgwIhB58PA.

The point of the hook statement "You are not a visual learner" in the Veritasium video is not to "disprove the myth that you're a visual learner."

The point is that there's little evidence behind different people having different learning styles, and that in general everyone is every "style".

This implies that vision, in addition to many other sensory modalities, is useful. As you point out, the utility of of 3b1b is in line with this point.

Just chiming in to say that you can dive directly into Strang's Youtube lecture series, without a book or anything else; like, an immediate next step you could take if you wanted to is just to pull up his first lecture right now and watch it. (I mostly watched him at 2.5x speed).

Also, Khan Academy is an excellent supplement for parts you find confusing.

Gilbert Strang also has a new book, Linear Algebra for Everyone. I am going through it now, and it is very nice.

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