Reddit reviews Linear Algebra with Applications

While that is a useful application of linear algebra, IMO, it's not a good way to actually learn linear algebra. There's far more to linear algebra than you'd immediately use in a graphics programming course.

For example, it'll be a little while before you need to invert matrices (and all the related work that comes with that). And I haven't had to use eigenvectors at all so far (and I'm just completing a graphics class now).

It's very possible to learn linear algebra and useful applications without the CS related aspects. For example, resolving systems of equations is something that you probably learned in high school, if not using matrices at that time. Projections are also very easy to understand the uses of.

Frankly, there's a lot of math that you'll learn without an application at the time. This is somewhat of a hindrance, but shouldn't prevent you from learning the theory behind things. For example, most calculus courses don't make it very clear as to why you'd want to find a derivative, yet it should still be understandable that you're finding the slope of the tangent line.

All that said, applications are helpful. My linear algebra class used this text and I thought it was pretty good. It tried to give real world applications of many things, and does include a brief mention of application to computer graphics (along with things like balancing chemistry equations).

For calc MATH 1300/1014 and 1310/1014 you need , buy it new from the bookstore cause you will need the online code for assignments also it’s useful for calc 3 if you wanna take that. Man Wong is a good prof I had him for both 1300 and 13010

For EECS 1019 you need it’s not that useful and PDF can be found online for free and no online assignments so no need to buy it new. I had Zhihua Chang he’s a new prof but really nice but his lectures are boring. Trev tutor on YouTube is really helping with the course.

For Math 1025/1021 you need I found the book helpful but unlike calc some profs tend not to use this book so I’d hold out of buying it but most profs use lyryz which is an online assignment program so you will need to buy that. I had Paul Skoufranis, amazing prof but had tests. The book is also useful for linear 2 but again depend if the prof uses it

For EECS 1022 you need
It’s a good book and the guy you wrote it teaches the class.

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