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Linear Algebra (18.06)

MIT · on MIT OpenCourseWare

FreeintermediateVideo series

Gilbert Strang's legendary lectures on the four fundamental subspaces, projections, determinants, eigenvalues, and the SVD, with solved problem sets and exams. The gold standard for building the linear algebra intuition that underlies all of ML.

Who it's for

Beginners building toward ML. This is an intermediate course in Data Science & Math for AI, running about 35 lectures plus problem sets and exams.

Cost at a glance

Free. No payment required at any point.

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