APPLIED LINEAR ALGEBRA

MATH 345

Introduction to linear algebra, differential calculus in several variables, and basic optimization theory with applications to data science and related topics. Vectors, analytic geometry, matrices, linear functions, linear independence, orthogonality, inverses, partial derivatives and gradients, Taylor approximation, gradient descent, Lagrange multipliers, clustering, regression, classification. Implementation in Python.

MATH 341

The theory of linear algebra with an introduction to proofs and proof writing. Topics include vector spaces, linear dependence, span, basis, linear transformations, kernel, image, inner products and inner product spaces, geometry, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, standard matrix factorizations. Other content includes basic set theory, logical operations, quantifiers, direct and indirect arguments, and induction. Differential equations [MATH 320] not covered.

MATH 320

An introduction to linear algebra and differential equations with emphasis on the relationship between the theory of linear algebra and analytical and numerical techniques for solving differential equations. Linear algebra topics include linear systems, matrices and their algebra, vector spaces and linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Topics from differential equations include first order ODE, homogeneous and nonhomogeneous linear systems, and numerical methods.

COMPSCI/ECE/ME 532

Linear algebraic foundations of machine learning featuring real-world applications of matrix methods from classification and clustering to denoising and data analysis. Mathematical topics include: linear equations, regression, regularization, the singular value decomposition, and iterative algorithms. Machine learning topics include: the lasso, support vector machines, kernel methods, clustering, dictionary learning, neural networks, and deep learning. Previous exposure to numerical computing (e.g. Matlab, Python, Julia, R) required.

MATH 340

An introduction to linear algebra. Topics include matrix algebra, linear systems of equations, vector spaces, sub-spaces, linear dependence, span, basis, rank of matrices, determinants, linear transformations, coordinate representations, kernel, range, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization, inner products and orthogonal vectors, symmetric matrices. Covers linear algebra topics in greater depth and detail thanMATH 320. Formal techniques in mathematical argument [MATH 341] not covered.