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		zeroonetwothree on June 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: There's more to mathematics than rigour and proofs... I didn’t get much out of linear algebra. It felt too computational. I only really got it once I “relearned” it as part of abstract algebra

topaz0 on June 19, 2024 [–]

There is a big range of approaches out there for teaching linear algebra. I really enjoyed my quite abstract linear algebra course, but there were a lot of other kids in it that really struggled and did not get much out of it. Takes all kinds.

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