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by enitihas 2232 days ago
Another good Linear Algebra book is "Linear Algebra Done Right", which Springer is giving for free right now.

Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-11080-6

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There's also a free book "Linear Algebra Done Wrong," which might be worth checking out.

https://www.math.brown.edu/~treil/papers/LADW/LADW.html

IMO Axler's book should be read either during or after you take an introductory course on Linear Algebra.

> You are probably about to begin your second exposure to linear algebra. Unlike your first brush with the subject, which probably emphasized Euclidean spaces and matrices, this encounter will focus on abstract vector spaces and linear maps.

I whole-heartedly agree. Axler's book is a great stepping stone to more abstract linear algebra.
Came here to say that. It is a wonderful book, and I think it provides a more "modern" approach than the one presented in the videos.
Thanks for this -- do you know if there's a consolidated list anywhere of other books Springer is making available for free right now?
Woah. That's a lot of books. Between the math, physics, and cs sections, years from now you'd look back and wonder if you really should have downloaded all of them.
This book is great and very much complementary to Strang's approach in that it leans more towards "abstract" linear algebra.