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Thirty-three Miniatures: Applications of Linear Algebra (2012) [pdf]

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Prof. Matoušek [1] was arguably one of Europe's best dual scientists/textbook writers of his time. If you are a math/CS theory persond and you are interested in picking up a book of his, I recommend "Mathematics++: Selected Topics Beyond the Basic Courses" [2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Matou%C5%A1ek_(... [2]: https://bookstore.ams.org/stml-75 --- Also, can't help myself but mention (in good spirits) that this is a repost: > 33 Miniatures: Mathematical and Algorithmic Applications of Linear…

Essence of linear algebra [1] , in 3blue1brown youtube channel totally changed my perspective on Linear Algebra. One of the best channels in YouTube I have seen so far. He makes his videos using the animation engine [2] he built himself. [1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2x... [2] https://github.com/3b1b/manim

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