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Re:Gilbert Strang Teaches Linear Algebra by cageface on Friday February 21, 2020 @06:43PM (#22388157)
Linear algebra has many uses beyond computers:

http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~jkhoury/app.htm

https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/256682/why-study-li...

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Re:Gilbert Strang Teaches Linear Algebra by buzzkillington on Friday February 21, 2020 @08:39PM (#22388817)
Yes, and all of them outside of computer science/engineering are using linear algebra on top of calculus.

Computer software/engineering is the only field of science that can use naive linear algebra directly to solve hard problems in the field.

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Re:Gilbert Strang Teaches Linear Algebra by salty_biscuits on Friday February 21, 2020 @09:19PM (#22388952)
Ummm, what about say quantum mechanics as the first huge example off the top of my head..
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Re:Gilbert Strang Teaches Linear Algebra by pergadad on Saturday February 22, 2020 @04:22PM (#22393410)
How many school graduates will end up studying quantum mechanics?
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