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    Essence of linear algebra preview

    3Blue1Brown

    11 HN recommenders · recommended in 8 months, 2016–2018

    YouTube

    5:09 · 2.8M views · Aug 5, 2016

    A five-minute preview of 3Blue1Brown's Essence of Linear Algebra series, which uses animation to build geometric intuition for topics from a standard linear algebra course.

    HN repeatedly recommends the series as the best intuition-first, visual introduction to linear algebra and a benchmark for clear math explanation.

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    14 comments from Hacker News

    1. @dvddgldMar 2018· in “Ask HN: How to self-learn math?”

      Two quick things I can recommend without hesitation, which focus on an intuitive understanding of concepts: 1. Essence of Linear Algebra mini-series - this video 2. Better Explained website - [LINK] YouTube has a lot of high quality math content, it definitely helped through university. It's also worth mentioning the Stanford U courses. The main takeaway I have for you is learn the concepts intuitively first, then spend the time to play around with them on paper until they sink in. Some things will be easy, some will be frustrating, much like programming you will walk away from a frustrating problem and have an epiphany while doing something completely different. All the best and have fun!

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @wycJan 2017· in “How a Kalman filter works, in pictures (2015)”

      Wow, this lecturer is great! I think this is the most intuitive explanation of Kalman filters I've seen yet. I've seen other lecturers try to quickly jump into state space and lose students with big matrices. I would have paid good money for this if I wasn't already familiar with the material. The clarity is up there with The Essence of Linear Algebra: this video Trading math videos on the Internet--definitely nerds.

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    3. @makmanalpSep 2017· in “Special Linear Systems and Cholesky Factorization for Programmers”

      For linear algebra basics, I also especially recommend 3Blue1Brown's youtube channel and his "Essence of" series: this video I've never seen the material presented more clearly - it's completely visual and focused on building intuition first.

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    4. @hexane360Dec 2017· in “Down with Determinants (1995)”

      If anyone's looking for a (high level) overview of linear algebra, I'd highly recommend 3blue1brown's video series: this video It's mostly graphical, and is really helpful in forming and cementing an intuition for linear algebra.

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    5. @Double_CastApr 2017· in “No bullshit guide to linear algebra – v2”

      Fror a high-level overview of linear algebra, 3Blue1Brown's youtube series I cannot recommend highly enough. this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN