No Bullshit Guide to Linear Algebra

I skipped an intro linear algebra course and started with a more advanced course, and this book helped make that possible. I read it over break before the semester started and also referenced it throughout the semester, and it has been extremely helpful. I also have Gilbert Strang's textbook to help me out, and I like that for the most part, but it is not written as considerately. For some reason linear algebra books are written in a way that assumes you've already read the book and are re-reading it because they often refer to concepts not yet covered -- as if they are written for instructors rather than students. Strang is especially guilty of this, as if he is writing the book for his colleagues, telling them how to teach the course. Ivan Savov's book is much less guilty of this, and is more considerate to students learning concepts for the first time. Although the title has "No Bullshit" (I guess to appeal to students), there is actually more writing/explanation than is typical of math books, and I appreciate the care and patience and consideration of the writing. Other authors tend to have the attitude that students should just figure stuff out, but time is precious, and reading this book will save precious time. The only improvement I can think of is, more cross-referencing with page numbers. Sometimes concepts are introduced and then covered more in-depth later. Referencing to page numbers would be very helpful. I hope there will be a new edition of this very-well written and helpful book, with better cross-referencing. About the printed copy:I like hard copies for math books because I make lots of notes and refer back-and-forth between pages. This hard copy has nice quality paper and great print. But the binding is not great, and some pages have fallen out (it is a thick book with smallish pages so you have to bend the spine a lot to open it fully). So other than that I'm glad I got the hard copy. Since the cross-referencing is not great, an ebook version would have been less convenient, at least for this first edition. I highly recommend this book.

I finished Linear Algebra many years ago but I didn't learn properly many parts of the subject. Therefore I was looking for a book that I could study Linear Algebra from scratch and understand the concepts well. I am halfway through the book and I have solved all exercises, and I could say that this book provides an intuitive and easy-to-follow introduction to the subject. I believe that someone with minimal or even no previous knowledge could use this book for self-study while using Youtube videos to illustrate certain concepts. In fact, the book points out some video links throughout the chapters and provides an overview of math concepts essentials to understanding linear algebra such as functions and geometry. In addition, this book is cheap when compared to classic ones such as the ones by professor Strang. Highly recommended.

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L’autore ha voluto fare un compendio generale di algebra lineare partendo dai rudimenti. Poteva essere più diretto e quindi meno dispersivo ma nel complesso va vene

A delightful linear algebra book, I really enjoyed learning from it.