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Re:A First Course in Linear Algebra by purephase on Friday August 10, 2012 @11:45AM (#4366628)
Anyone have any recommendations for linear algebra courses through Coursera or similar sites? It is a subject I've always been fascinated by but my self-directed learning endeavours have not yielded much usable knowledge.
Re:A First Course in Linear Algebra by cottonseed on Friday August 10, 2012 @12:47PM (#4366986)
MIT OCW has 18.06 Linear Algebra including lectures by Strang.
Re:A First Course in Linear Algebra by rrmm on Friday August 10, 2012 @02:44PM (#4367572)
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-...

I agree, it's very useful. He gives nice explanations of some of the decompositions and why they're useful.

Re:A First Course in Linear Algebra by shriphani on Friday August 10, 2012 @02:05PM (#4367383)
Ruslan Sharipov wrote a text on the subject : http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0405323v1.pdf

It is very good and explains all the proofs and definitions very well.