alt Hacker NewsWhen I see the word "illustrated," I expect to see graphs or something that would help me visualize how linear algebra works. The only thing "illustrated" about this post is that he hand drew some table which could have been easily with some basic HTML+CSS.
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What graphical illustration do you think this is missing? How would that make things better? Have you ever seen http://matrixmultiplication.xyz/? Great graphical illustration. Also: a really unhelpful way to understand matrix multiplication.
This is part 2 of a series, all under the same name; the first part is extensively illustrated (and I'm not sure the part 1 illustrations are all that helpful).
I don't understand the down votes, I had the same reaction. Other posters have suggested some better resources, check those out
That's your preference. However "To illustrate is to make something more clear or visible. Children's books are illustrated with pictures. An example can illustrate an abstract idea. "illustrate" comes from the Latin illustrare 'to light up or enlighten.'"
I think this is a reasonable expectation. I'm writing about the dot product and there is a geometric visualization for dot products, so it's fair to expect that. As I said in this comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802969) I focused on teaching the reader the bare minimum they would need to know to get to matrix multiplication.
I use illustrations for a lot of other things though. I use them to pace my posts, to call out things that are especially important, to reinforce written ideas with images, and to give the reader's eye a place to rest.
If you are looking for graphs, this video about the dot product from 3B1B may be more your speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyGKycYT2v0