Getting started with linear algebra
Where is the text? Or is this an advertisement for a book?<p>Since this might get the right eyeballs here:<p>1. Does anyone have a good intuitive explanation for the meaning of the transpose operation? It seems to tie into a central symmetry between columns and rows (or equations and variables) that I'm having trouble articulating for myself<p>2. Why does every linear algebra book have a chapter on norms? It's always so incredibly boring and esoteric and I still haven't hit a situation where it's strictly necessary. The 2-norm seem adequate for most situations and comes out naturally from the least squares problem<p>PS: Strang is great. Meyer's "Matrix analysis and applied linear algebra" is even better (but more advanced)