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Comment by tptacek

So does Strang! (I just checked, Linear Algebra & Applications 4E).

Also: sir, this is a blog post. It's wild seeing people say "if you really want to understand this topic, pick up Axler". I mean, yeah, also if you were serious you could just enroll in your local community college's Linear Algebra course.

My feeling is that a lot of the critique here is really signaling. For whatever reason, linear algebra is super high-status in this community, and people want to communicate that they've done something serious with it. (I'm sure I'm guilty of that too.)

parent tptacek 1 year ago

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