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Graphical Linear Algebra

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theZilber ◴[] No.44525113[source]
When I read the first meaty chapter about graphs and commutativity I initially thought he just spends too long explaining simple concepts.

But then ai realized I would always forget the names for all the mathy c' words - commutativity commutativity, qssociativity... and for the first time I could actually remember commutativity and what it means, just because he tied it into a graphical representation (which actually made me laugh out loud because, initially, I thought it was a joke). So the concept of "x + y = y + x" always made sense to me but never really stuck like the graphical representation, which also made me remember its name for the first time.

I am sold.

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gowld ◴[] No.44525935[source]
Which chapter is that? It's not in the ToC
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1. memoryfault ◴[] No.44528437[source]
3!
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2. HappMacDonald ◴[] No.44530023[source]
Chapter 6, got it