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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

To spot patterns in this massive amount of data, companies use common methods from linear algebra, such as singular value decomposition or principal component analysis.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Thus, the boundary condition problem reduces to pure linear algebra.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2022