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Essence of linear algebra preview

3Blue1Brown · course · Watch on YouTube

Pure mathematicsRecreational & visual math

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 11 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 5 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “The clarity is up there with The Essence of Linear Algebra”

    Benchmark of clarity for math explanation.

    wyc, 2017-01 · Strong recommendation · in “How a Kalman filter works, in pictures (2015)”

  2. “3Blue1Brown's youtube series I cannot recommend highly enough.”

    High-level overview of linear algebra.

    Double_Cast, 2017-04 · Strong recommendation · in “No bullshit guide to linear algebra – v2”

  3. “I've never seen the material presented more clearly”

    Visual intuition-first linear algebra.

    makmanalp, 2017-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Special Linear Systems and Cholesky Factorization for Programmers”

  4. “I'd highly recommend 3blue1brown's video series”

    Graphical overview forming intuition.

    hexane360, 2017-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Down with Determinants (1995)”

  5. “Two quick things I can recommend without hesitation, which focus on an intuitive understanding of concepts”

    Intuitive understanding of concepts.

    dvddgld, 2018-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: How to self-learn math?”

  6. “For intuition, I highly recommend”

    Intuition for matrices.

    c3534l, 2016-11 · Recommendation · in “Matrix Multiplication”

  7. “it should give you more intuition into the nature of the transformations”

    Intuition for transformations.

    espeed, 2017-02 · Recommendation · in “Why does e to pi i equal -1? (2015) [video]”

  8. “3Blue1Brown: Math, visualized to me more intuitive”

    Math visualized intuitively.

    afarrell, 2017-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: linear algebra, 3blue1brown, geometric intuition, matrices, visual math

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