The book is even worse: "A vector, by contrast, is an ordered collection of numbers."
This is a terrible definition and makes talking about proper linear algebra proper impossible.
This is a terrible definition and makes talking about proper linear algebra proper impossible.
Personally, I've always liked Bourbaki's books, but they're too formal for learning - especially in linear algebra, which I see as something meant for applications rather than pure math research.
Maybe I just oversimplified things or made them feel less "math".
Writing this book has been a real challenge for me, since all the books I enjoy reading are very formal ones :))
Anyone here into Grothendieck's SGA or EGA? (Sorry, a bit off topic!)