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linear algebra

American  

noun

Mathematics.
  1. algebra2


linear algebra Scientific  
  1. The branch of mathematics that deals with the theory of systems of linear equations, matrices, vector spaces, and linear transformations.


Etymology

Origin of linear algebra

First recorded in 1890–95

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The Julia Programming Language, a popular language for scientific computing that is also used in MIT's introductory linear algebra classes, offers many tools that make it invaluable for constructing such generative models, Schäfer adds.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

Cooking, reading, and cleaning may as well have been linear algebra.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2024

A CSU math major, for instance, requires linear algebra or differential equations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Intuiting the solution requires some familiarity with linear algebra, so I won’t detail it here.

From Scientific American • Feb. 13, 2023

The approach transforms them into differential equations, which can be solved easily by a computer—although the method depends on a key new insight and lots and lots of linear algebra.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2022

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