How to use this book

Let's answer the question of how you should learn the math of quantum computing using this book. Everyone is different, but the steps we used in school work really well (with a few tweaks):

1. **READ THIS AWESOME BOOK!**
2. Watch YouTube videos – here are a couple of playlists to get you started:
   • Essence of linear algebra by 3Blue1Brown (https://tinyurl.com/233ruczb)
   • Linear Algebra: An In-Depth Introduction by MathTheBeautiful (https://tinyurl.com/464dvc4b)
3. Exercise – do actual math problems. You don't learn a sport by just reading a book and watching some videos. You have to do it! This book has you covered with exercises in every chapter.

I'd like to add three more steps to make sure you don't lose enthusiasm:

1. Go do some cool quantum computing stuff with your newfound knowledge.
2. Get stuck.
3. Come back to the book and start again at Step 1 to get unstuck.

Now I'd like to quickly talk about who this book is for.