Question

Guys can anyone help me how to make linear algebra interesting? Our sir only expects proofs and it is very difficult ...Any suggestions??

Answer 1

it will be helpful if you look on the applications of linear algebra, this will help you get an insight on the intuition of the proofs that you studying. in my major, economics, linear algebra play a major role especially in econometrics.

Answer 2

I am sympathetic to your plight. I am also in an Applied Linear Algebra course that has zero application and instead is focused on proofs. Many of the proofs I find overly complicated. The only thing I suggest is to watch videos like these to keep you from getting bogged down in the theory. My major is math and my goal is to make math more accessible to elementary school students. I use my professor to teach me how I can go wrong in my teaching by being too complicated. So, figure out what you can learn from this prof, how to apply it to your goals, and watch other videos and do problems to help keep you from hating linear algebra. Linear algebra is an awesome subject, don't let your prof ruin it for you.

Answer 3

linear algebra is quite interesting once you figure out how you can use it to make your life easier. its true that firsthand it appears quite complicated and you might loose interest. I suggest two step approach to deal with linear algebra. first get down with a pen and paper and solve the problems the old fashioned way that is take some easy matrix multiplication, addition, transpose problems and write down the detailed solution. Then get the basic ideas or relations in notation form after you have proved it the on paper. working out a problem is an excellent way to memorize stuff when you have to use those relation to solve some problem for example , finding the variables x,y,z in some system of equations. As they say practice makes math perfect so there is no getting away with that but to make it interesting you need to apply those concepts on some problems which you want to solve

Answer 4

Watch all the videos on Linear Algebra by Gilbert Strang. He has been teaching at MIT for years! The are available as free OCW (Open Course Ware) and there is a subject dedicated to that class specifically here in Open Study.

Here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK3O402wf1c&list=PL49CF3715CB9EF31D

I took a graduate course in Linear Algebra where there were not a single matrix in the book and not a single calculation was performed. All theory. However, all of Linear Algebra was covered. Interestingly enough, the entire theory can be covered in 1 or 2 semesters, which I found very interesting. It does not continue to expand, like in other subjects. Perhaps it does in the area of numerical computation, but the theory itself is complete.

If you are good with proofs, then the the proofs will be easy and can be quite interesting. However, if you are more of an applied type, then this can get dull quick; but, if you can tie the theory to some application, it can still get quite interesting.