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Fun with polynomials and linear algebra; or, slight abstract nonsense

45 points by LolWolf ago | 3 comments

bwfan123 [-]

To the author's credit, he has this in the first line, ie, that the article was not intended for others to read and enjoy.

> This is mostly a bunch of notes to myself

As Bessis has described in his book [1], it is extremely difficult to understand math someone else has written. The words and symbols dont convey imagery or ideas that the author has in their mind. I was surprised to read in that book that this applied to mathematicians just as it applies to you and I.

Coming back to this article, I wish it were written in the spirit of the essence of linear algebra [2] - conveying the essences in images and pictures instead of words. I am curious to hear from others if they feel this way or is it just me.

[1] Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity

[2] Essence of linear algebra (3Blue1Brown, youtube)

Chinjut |root |parent |next [-]

I don't want everything to be images and pictures. Often, I enjoy words for communicating math.

LolWolf |root |parent |previous [-]

Fair on all accounts! Surely, this could be made way more lively if I were in front of a blackboard waving my hands and drawing images, but alas, the medium is what it is :)

Thanks for reading though!