Math 280: Mathematics for Data Science
Josh Laison

Syllabus
Course Canvas site
Course WebWork site

Course calendar:
Monday Wednesday Friday
Week 1 Jan 13: First day of class!
Vector algebra
Jan 15: Span and linear independence
Jan 17: WebWork 1 due.
Week 2 Jan 20: Martin Luther King Jr. day, no class today. Jan 22: Introduction to Python
Conceptual homework 1 due.
Jan 24: Introduction to Principal Component Analysis
Webwork 2 due.
Week 3 Jan 27: Matrices and matrix algebra. Jan 29: Quiz 1 on vectors, in class today. Jan 31: Matrix inverses
Webwork 3 due.
Week 4 Feb 3: Determinants
Applied homework 1 due.
Feb 5: Eigenvalues
Conceptual homework 2 due.
Feb 7: Eigenvalues continued
Webwork 4 due.
Week 5 Feb 10: Introduction to Markov chains Feb 12: Quiz 2 on matrix algebra, matrix inverses, and determinants, in class today. Feb 14: Diagonalization
Webwork 5 due.
Week 6 Feb 17: Orthogonal matrices
No assignments due.
Feb 19: Orthogonal diagonalization
Conceptual homework 3 due.
Feb 21: Singular value decomposition
Applied homework 2 due.
Week 7 Feb 24: Singular value decomposition, continued
Webwork 6 due.
Feb 26: Quiz 3 on eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and diagonalization, in class today.
Applications of SVD
Feb 28: Surfaces
Week 8 Mar 3: Partial derivatives
Webwork 7 due.
Mar 5: Directional derivatives and gradients
Conceptual homework 4 due.
Mar 7:
Week 9 Mar 10: Lagrange multipliers
SWebwork 8 due, Applied homework 3 due.
Mar 12: Quiz 4 on SVD, surfaces, partial derivatives, and gradients in class today.
Intro to gradient descent
Mar 14: Quadratic forms
Conceptual homework 5 due.
Week 10 Mar 17: Webwork 9 due. Mar 19: Mar 21: No class today.
Spring break!
Week 11 Mar 31: Probability
Webwork 10 due.
Apr 2: Conditional probability
Applied homework 4 due.
Apr 4: Quiz 5 on directional derivatives, optimization, Lagrange multipliers, and quadratic forms in class today.
Week 12 Apr 7: Webwork 11 due. Apr 9: Apr 11:
Week 13 Apr 14: Apr 16: Student Scholarship Recognition Day (SSRD), no class today. Apr 18:
Week 14 Apr 21: Quiz 6 in class today. Apr 23: Apr 25:
Week 15 Apr 28: Last day of class!
Finals May 7: Final exam, 2:00-5:00