I took a linear algebra class, as well as many others. It didn't work.
Most math classes I've taken granted me some kind of intuition for the subject material. Like I could understand the concept independent from the name of the thing.
In linear algebra, it was all a series of arbitrary facts without reason for existing. I memorized them for the final exam, and probably forgot them all the next day, as they weren't attached to anything in my mind.
"The inverse of the eigen-something is the determinant of the abelian".
It was just a list of facts like this to memorize by rote.
I passed the class with a decent grade I think. But I really understood nothing. At this point, I can't remember how to multiply matrices. Specifically do the rows go with the columns or do the columns go with the rows?
I don't know if there's something about linear algebra or I just didn't connect with the instructor. But I've taken a lot of other math classes, and usually been able to understand the subject material readily. Maybe linear algebra is different. It was completely impenetrable for me.
Most math classes I've taken granted me some kind of intuition for the subject material. Like I could understand the concept independent from the name of the thing.
In linear algebra, it was all a series of arbitrary facts without reason for existing. I memorized them for the final exam, and probably forgot them all the next day, as they weren't attached to anything in my mind.
"The inverse of the eigen-something is the determinant of the abelian".
It was just a list of facts like this to memorize by rote.
I passed the class with a decent grade I think. But I really understood nothing. At this point, I can't remember how to multiply matrices. Specifically do the rows go with the columns or do the columns go with the rows?
I don't know if there's something about linear algebra or I just didn't connect with the instructor. But I've taken a lot of other math classes, and usually been able to understand the subject material readily. Maybe linear algebra is different. It was completely impenetrable for me.