CompSciWeek12

Reading Assignment

• Problem Series from MIT Linear Algebra Course
• Notes on Linear Algebra
• Lecture Notes on Linear Algebra and Numerical Optimization

Class 1 & 2

• Numerical Optimization
• Numerical Integration - complete example for particle growth statistics
  • Integrating with GNU ODE

Homework 7 - Due Monday, November 17

• Create two short essays by hand explaining the key concepts with equations and sketches (see Feynman Learning Technique) for:
  • Rotation and translation to align axes in a 2D figure to a given endpoint.
  • Gradient-following minimization of a function of N variables.
• Write an exercise to test a student's ability to translate between tensordot(), subscript summation notation, and a summation using a for-loop.