Gilbert Strang is a professor of mathematics at MIT and perhaps one of the most famous and impactful teachers of math in the world. His MIT OpenCourseWare lectures on linear algebra have been viewed millions of times.
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00:00 - Introduction 03:45 - Math rockstar 05:10 - MIT OpenCourseWare 07:29 - Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra 13:11 - Linear Algebra vs Calculus 15:03 - Singular value decomposition 19:47 - Why people like math 23:38 - Teaching by example 25:04 - Andrew Yang 26:46 - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 29:21 - Deep learning 37:28 - Theory vs application 38:54 - Open problems in mathematics 39:00 - Linear algebra as a subfield of mathematics 41:52 - Favorite matrix 46:19 - Advice for students on their journey through math 47:37 - Looking back https://lexfridman.com/gilbert-strang/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gilbert-strang
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