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Re:Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra Vectors, Matrices,... by markkm on Saturday August 24, 2019 @08:11PM (#20790528)
Math textbooks include topics in physics and theoretical computer science all the time. How is ML any worse?

Besides, a lot of introductory math textbooks are thinly veiled introductions to subjects the authors think are important.

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Re:Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra Vectors, Matrices,... by scoobyyabbadoo on Sunday August 25, 2019 @12:18PM (#20793766)
The difference is k means has literally nothing to do with linear algebra. Might as well sneak in a chapter on finite state machines, or zebras, either would be just as relevant to linear algebra, which is to say that at a certain point the topics in a linear algebra course should be somehow related to linear algebra.
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