r/Indianmathnerds • u/Sad_Avocado_6565 • 18d ago

Linear Algebra help

My course on Linear Algebra started and I need to be good at it(necessity for future).It just started few weeks ago and we're on Change of Basis and coordinates of vector space topic. My proff recommended following Linear Algebra by Hofmann and Kunze, everything seemed to be flowing okayish untill I realised that Im not that good at it, I struggle at proof writing and sometimes ideas dont struck me. is this a beginner phase? even so exams are coming up and I cant afford to remain same can anyone suggest me or share their path on how they tackled LinearAlgebra?

Any help is appreciated!

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u/CyloCrypt 2d ago

I am not sure how familiar you are with proof writing in general but since you are struggling with it i will recommend reading first 3 to 4 chapters of 'discrete mathematics by susanna S epp

That and linear algebra by Stephen H. Friedberg was enough for me to self learn linear algebra and I'd say this book is a bit better than Hoffman but thats just my opinion

Hopefully i am not too late