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Syllabus - Mathematical Foundation for Data Science

Module I GRADIENT DESCENT AND REGULARIZATION 8 Hours


Gradient Descent, Intuitions, Gradient Descent for a Regression algorithm, Multiple Features, Gradient
Descent on Multiple Features, Practice on Gradient Descent for Polynomial Regression, Normal Equation

Module II LINEAR ALGEBRA-VECTORS: 7 Hours


Vectors: geometry and algebra, Vector addition, and subtraction, Vector-scalar multiplication, Dot
product geometry, Vector orthogonality, Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, Vector Hadamard multiplication,
cross product, unit vectors, VECTOR SPACES: Dimensions, and fields in linear algebra, Subspaces,
Subspaces vs. subsets, Span, Linear independence, Basis MATRICES: introduction: dimensionality,
Matrix operations, Matrix-scalar multiplication, Implementation, Transpose, Complex matrices, Addition,
equality, transpose, Diagonal, and trace

Module III MATRICES 7 Hours


MATRIX MULTIPLICATION-Introduction, matrix multiplication by layering, Multiplication with
diagonals, Matrix-vector multiplication, Symmetric matrices, multiply symmetric matrices Hadamard
Multiplication, asymmetry Index, Code challenge,
RANK-concepts, Maximum possible rank, Computing rank, Rank and scalar multiplication, Rank of
added and multiplied matrices, Rank of A & AT, A T A, AAT, random matrices, Boosting rank by
shifting, rank difficulties, rank, and span, Code challenge:
MATRIX SPACES: Column space and Row space of a matrix (A & AAT ), Null space of a matrix,
orthogonal subspaces, Dimensions of column/row/null spaces, Example of the four subspaces, code
challenge

Module IV DETERMINANTS, PROJECTIONS & ORTHOGONALIZATION 10 Hours


DETERMINANT-Determinant, Determinant of a 2x2 matrix, Determinant of a 3x3 matrix,
characteristic polynomial, the full procedure, determinant of triangles, determinant and row reduction,
determinant and scalar multiplication, theory vs practice, Code challenge
MATRIX INVERSE: Concept and applications, Inverse of a Diagonal matrix, Inverse of a 2x2 matrix,
The MCA algorithm to compute the inverse, Computing the inverse via row reduction, Left inverse and
right inverse, Pseudo-inverse, Code challenge
PROJECTIONS, AND ORTHOGONALIZATIONS: Projections in R^2, Projections in R^N,
Orthogonal and parallel vector components, Orthogonal matrices, Gram-Schmidt procedure, QR
decomposition, Inverse via QR Decomposition, Code challenge
LEAST SQUARES FOR MODELFITTING IN STATISTICS: Introduction, Least squares via left
inverse, Least squares via orthogonal projection, Least-squares via row-reduction, Model-predicted
values, and residuals, Least-squares applications, Code challenge

Module V DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION: 8 Hours


EIGEN DECOMPOSITION-Eigenvalues, eigenvectors, Eigen decomposition, Diagonalization, Matrix
powers via diagonalization, Distinct and repeated eigenvalues, symmetric matrices, Eigen layers of a
matrix, Eigen decomposition of singular matrices, Matrix powers and Inverse, Generalized eigen
decomposition, Code challenges
SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION (SVD): Singular value decomposition, Computing the SVD,
singular values and eigenvalues, Symmetric Matrices, SVD and the four subspaces, SVD, and matrix
rank, Spectral theory of matrices, SVD for low-rank approximations, Normalizing singular values, the
Condition number of a matrix, SVD and Matrix Inverse, MP pseudo inverse, code challenges

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