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Linear algebra and the foundations of deep learning, together at last! From Professor Gilbert Strang, acclaimed author of Introduction to Linear Algebra, comes Linear Algebra and Learning from Data, the first textbook that teaches linear algebra together with deep learning and neural nets. This readable yet rigorous textbook contains a complete course in the linear algebra and related mathematics that students need to know to get to grips with learning from data. Included are: the four fundamental subspaces, singular value decompositions, special matrices, large matrix computation techniques, compressed sensing, probability and statistics, optimization, the architecture of neural nets, stochastic gradient descent and backpropagation.
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Depending on your background and intentions, you might like:

Savov: https://www.amazon.com/No-bullshit-guide-linear-algebra/dp/0...

Strang: https://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Learning-Gilbert-Stran...

Klein: https://www.amazon.com/Coding-Matrix-Algebra-Applications-Co...

I think the pacing and exercises in the above Strang book are great.

thraxil
I'll second Strang. I recently re-read his Introduction to Linear Algebra and was struck with how clearly he explains things compared to most other math textbooks (which I've been reading a lot of lately).
He has another advanced Linear Algebra class:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-065-matrix-method...

And this new book:

https://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Learning-Gilbert-Stran...

fishmaster
I recently bought the book and will work through it during the next couple of weeks. It seems well done.
jacobolus
These lectures are really excellent.

Packed with insight that would otherwise take years to pick up piecemeal elsewhere.

Thanks for sharing this. It's based on his new book: https://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Learning-Gilbert-Stran...
baking
I bought this book a couple of weeks ago and I've been waiting eagerly for these lectures to be posted.
stevesimmons
Can anyone who has seen the book comment on how good it is?

There are just two reviews on Amazon, one 5* and one 1. The 1 said "The book resembles a set of somewhat incomplete and somewhat disorganized lecture notes prepared by a course instructor as a rough outline of the content of his course."

That put me off buying it. So more data points would be helpful!

nagVenkat
I have the book and I wish I didn’t buy (it’s an expensive book). You need to be already pretty good with Linear algebra and most of the material looked like cliff notes of various linear algebra and continuous optimization topics. I still plan to go through it but mildly disappointed.
mrbonner
Would you recommend to get "Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth Edition" by Dr. Strang instead?
nagVenkat
It’s a good book and actually serves as a good intro to this book. For Starngs learning from data book, you also need to know some convex optimization (not the difficult). Good luck!
Strang just published a new book called "Linear Algebra and Learning From Data" [1] which I only just started but find to be quite enjoyable so far. It's simultaneously conversational but also quite terse (similar to "All of Statistics"). There are many advanced and very contemporary applications covered in the book, with a focus towards machine learning.

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Learning-Gilbert-Stran...

tomjakubowski
I love Strang's conversational style. If you've ever heard him give a lecture, you hear him when reading his textbooks.
whymauri
Absolutely this!

"Now this is a matrix you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley!" - Gil

bookofjoe
Q&A with Strang: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3060226/
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