Linear Algebra with Applications

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1. agumonkeyOct 2023
   talking about amazon, someone suggested me to get gareth williams linear algebra with applications (5 bucks on ebay)

   it's a good applied primer, not big on concepts, more about the mechanics, and it unlocked a lot of things in my head because dry textbook morphisms definitions sent me against imaginary walls faster than c

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2. agumonkeyJun 2022
   I bought "Linear Algebra with Applications by Gareth Williams" 5th or 6th edition on ebay for 6 bucks. It's very simple and operative (manual matrix calc so you don't stay stuck in fuzzy terminology for too long). It's so easy I'm not even sure it's proper undergrad level. But it deeply unlocked my brain on the topic..
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3. dragandjOct 2018
   Original title: Programmer, Teach Yourself Foundations of ML and AI with these 6 Books

   Books:

   - Ian Hacking - Introduction to probability and Inductive Logic

   - John Kruschke - Doing Bayesian Data Analysis

   - Gareth Williams - Linear Algebra with Applications, Alternate Edition

   - Matthew Scarpino - OpenCL in Action

   - Michael Nielsen - Neural Networks and Deep Learning

   - Goodfellow, Bengio, and Courville - Deep Learning

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4. agumonkeyApr 2016
   Gareth Williams Linear Algebra with Applications (6th edition). 2nd hands were very cheap on amazon, some people got one for 90c, I paid 5$ for mine. 5 Very well spent dollars.

   http://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Applications-Gareth-Wil...

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5. agumonkeyMar 2018
   Sorry, first it's a linear algebra, it's by Gareth Williams, linear algebra with applications, I picked the 5th edition iirc, 5$ hardcover.
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