Tell HN: Linear Algebra Study Group (Strang's book) starting next week
Hi Friends - starting a Linear Algebra Study Group (Strang's book) starting next week on discord. Let me know if you want to join :)
Could be a source of inspiration for how to structure things.
And here are some concrete suggestions for how to effectively study on one's own in the context of a class: https://bentilly.blogspot.com/2009/09/teaching-linear-algebr...
The second link appears to be the same as the first. Was this your intention?
The first link is great and it's had some interesting post feedback over the years => https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Teaching+linear+algebra
Really glad you shared it. Thanks!
Here was the intended second link: https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2008/11/25/case-study-how-i-...
Though I've read a bunch of Cal's posts and books (I think about 3 or 4 of them), I hadn't run into that post. Think it's because it was dated before I started reading his thoughts.
A query: would you be open to a (paid) chat? We seem to be on the same wave-length and I've love your thoughts on something I'm working on. I looked at your HN profile and didn't find an email so trying here :) You can reach me at my hn profile or sebgnotes [at ] gmail [ dot] com. Thanks!
The book itself: Strang, Gilbert. Introduction to Linear Algebra. 5th ed. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley-Cambridge Press, February 2016. ISBN: 9780980232776
There's also a web-page[2] with lots (and I do mean lots!) of historical problem sets and exams from this class in previous years. It goes back to sometime in the mid 1990's. So again, you could skim around some of that stuff and see how intimidating it appears.
FWIW, I never took Linear Algebra in school, or anything beyond Calc I. And I've watched the first three or four lectures in this sequence and so far it seems accessible enough. YMMV.
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL221E2BBF13BECF6C