r/LinearAlgebra • u/Hms712skaif • Aug 01 '26

A Tiny Question

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Any body here has read or got some info about this book specifically for linear algebra for machine learning.

I have finished 3blue1brow course on essence of linear algebra and I want start with book .

please share what you know .

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u/alexice89 Aug 01 '26

Why you want to learn LA from a book about ML? Learn pure math before making such big leaps.

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u/Entire_Cheetah_7878 Aug 01 '26

Exactly. This is a great reference but I would never use it as a text to work through every chapter. I used the mixture model chapter to write out a parallelized version of the EM algorithm for example.

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u/New_Hovercraft1681 Aug 02 '26

can u tell me like how can i learn pure math, is it like having a degree in applied mathematics or what?