THE VIDEO SHELF · linear algebra intuition
Essence of linear algebra preview
A five-minute preview of 3Blue1Brown's Essence of Linear Algebra series, which uses animation to build geometric intuition for topics from a standard linear algebra course.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN repeatedly recommends the series as the best intuition-first, visual introduction to linear algebra and a benchmark for clear math explanation.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- 3Blue1Brown
- Topic
- linear algebra intuition
- Format
- course
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 11
- HN mentions in dataset
- 14
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2018
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Wow, this lecturer is great! I think this is the most intuitive explanation of Kalman filters I've seen yet. I've seen other lecturers try to quickly jump into state space and lose students with big matrices. I would have paid good money for this if …
wyc on Hacker News · 2017-01
In How a Kalman filter works, in pictures (2015)Fror a high-level overview of linear algebra, 3Blue1Brown's youtube series I cannot recommend highly enough. [VIDEO]
Double_Cast on Hacker News · 2017-04
In No bullshit guide to linear algebra – v2For linear algebra basics, I also especially recommend 3Blue1Brown's youtube channel and his "Essence of" series: [VIDEO] I've never seen the material presented more clearly - it's completely visual and focused on building intuition first.
makmanalp on Hacker News · 2017-09
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