[omahdi]

What would be the "gain" of leaving out linear algebra and other mathematical concepts? Agreed, computers can do graphics using basic arithmetic, so can we humans. We get the stuff done without advanced concepts. I still disagree with the "[linear algebra and stuff being] useless for graphics" part. You may not require that knowledge to implement graphics-related stuff, but if you are seeking to develop methods in that field or reason about them in a way other people will understand, you naturally end up using the language of linear algebra. You could do without it, but it would be hard for others to follow you. It might be some other kind of language, but I'd say LA is pretty darn succinct.