Course calendar: (subject to change)
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Aug 24: First day of class! Vectors and vector algebra |
Aug 26: Dot products, projections, lines and planes in 2D and 3D |
Aug 28: Span and linear independence WebWork 1 due. |
| Week 2 | Aug 31: Introduction to Python Conceptual homework 1 due. |
Sep 2: Introduction to Principal Component Analysis Webwork 2 due. |
Sep 4: Matrices and matrix algebra. |
| Week 3 | Sep 7: Labor Day, no class today. | Sep 9: Quiz 1 on vectors, in class today. | Sep 11: Matrix inverses Webwork 3 due. |
| Week 4 | Sep 14: Determinants Applied homework 1 due. |
Sep 16: Eigenvalues Conceptual homework 2 due. |
Sep 18: Eigenvalues continued Webwork 4 due. |
| Week 5 | Sep 21: Introduction to Markov chains | Sep 23: Quiz 2 on matrix algebra, matrix inverses, and determinants, in class today. | Sep 25: Similar matrices Webwork 5 due. |
| Week 6 | Sep 28: Diagonalization Conceptual assignment 3 due. |
Sep 30: Orthogonal matrices | Oct 2: Orthogonal diagonalization Applied assignment 2 due |
| Week 7 | Oct 5: Singular value decomposition part 1 | Oct 7: Singular value decomposition part 2 Webwork 6 due |
Oct 9: Mid semester break, no class today. |
| Week 8 | Oct 12: Quiz 3 in class today | Oct 14: Surfaces Conceptual assignment 4 due |
Oct 16: Partial derivatives Webwork 7 due |
| Week 9 | Oct 19: Directional derivatives Applied assignment 3 due |
Oct 21: Optimization Webwork 8 due |
Oct 23: Quiz 4 in class today |
| Week 10 | Oct 26: Lagrange multipliers | Oct 28: Gradient descent | Oct 30: Quadratic forms Webwork 9 due |
| Week 11 | Nov 2: Quadratic forms and second derivatives | Nov 4: Optimization with quadratic forms Applied assignment 4 due |
Nov 6: Quiz 5 in class today |
| Week 12 | Nov 9: Random variables Webwork 10 due |
Nov 11: Joint random variables and covariance | Nov 13: Covariance matrices Conceptual assignment 6 due |
| Week 13 | Nov 16: PCA using covariance Webwork 11 due |
Nov 18: Quiz 6 in class today | Nov 20: PCA using covariance continued Webwork 12 due |
| Week 14 | Nov 23: | Nov 25: Fall break, no class today. | Nov 27: Fall break, no class today. |
| Week 15 | Nov 30: PCA using covariance continued Applied assignment 5 due |
Dec 2: | Dec 4: Last day of class |
| Dec 7: Final exam 2:00-5:00 |