MATH 206 or 244? [Linear Algebra vs Linear Analysis]

^ I feel this Also it depends what you want to get into, if you’re more into the proof-based theory then linear algebra is super interesting and gets deep into that stuff, plus I think it’s a prerequisite for other things like numerical optimization (but I’m not positive if linear analysis doesn’t cover it) But from a CS perspective liner analysis is way more applicable, since you do a crash course on linear algebra then start applying it to solve differential equations, one method I believe was applicable to the page rank function.

Tl;dr: linear algebra is great if you’re more into theory but linear analysis is much better from a potential career/ engineering standpoint

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