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Applications of Linear Algebra (Part 1)
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- 5 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on February 22, 2015
- Ends on March 26, 2015
Course details
Syllabus
- Fundamental mathematical operations on matrices such as matrix arithmetic, norms, and solving linear systems
- Applications of linear algebra in data mining such as finding similar elements in a dataset using measure of distance, a method to recognize handwritten numbers using matrix norms, and ranking sports teams
- Applications of linear algebra in computer graphics such as visually approximating an image with a page of typed characters, blending images, and creating composite images.
- Explore applications with online codes.
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Tim Chartier
- Allison Dulin
- Kristen Eshleman
- Robert McSwain
- Sara Swanson
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