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1) Letf (x) = x
3
+ 3x
2
− 24 + 7. Select the correct options from the following: 3 points

Course x = 2 will give the maximum for f (x).

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x = 2 will give the minimum forf (x).
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() Maximum value of f (x) is 87.

How does an The stationary points forf (x) are 2 and 4.

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course work? 2) Find the gradient of f (x) 2
= x y at (x, y) = (1, 3). 2 points
()

1
Setup Guide ∇f = [ ]
() 6

6
Pre Course ∇f = [ ]
1
Material ()

6
Week 1 () ∇f = [ ]
9

Week 2 ()
3
∇f = [ ]
3
Week 3 ()

3) Find the Hessian matrix for f (x, y) = x y

2
at (x, y) = (1, 3) 2 points

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Week
Assessment 4 ()
submitted. 3 2
2
∇ f = [ ]
X 2 0
Optimization for
Data Science
3 3
(unit? 2
∇ f = [ ]
unit=55&lesson 3 0

=56)
6 2
2
Unconstrained ∇ f = [ ]
2 0
Multivariate
Optimization
6 3
(unit? 2
∇ f = [ ]
unit=55&lesson 3 0

=57)
4) Let f (x, y) = −3x
2
− 6xy − 6y
2
. The point (0, 0) is a 1 point
Unconstrained
Multivariate
saddle point
Optimization ( maxima
Continued )
minima
(unit?
unit=55&lesson
=58)
5) 1 b 1 point
For which numbers b is the matrix A = [ ] positive definite?
b 9
Gradient (
Steepest )
−3 < b < 3
Descent ( OR )
Learning Rule
b = 3
(unit?
unit=55&lesson
b = −3
=59)
−3 ≤ b ≤ 3
FAQ (unit?
unit=55&lesson
=60)
6) Consider f (x) = x
3
− 12x − 5 Which among the following statements are true? 1 point

Quiz: Week 4 :
Assignment 4 f (x) is increasing in the interval (−2, 2).
(assessment?
name=230) f (x) is increasing in the interval (2, ∞)

Text f (x) is decreasing in the interval (−∞, −2)

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f (x) is decreasing in the interval (−2, 2)
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maxf (x)
xϵR
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, where
2 3 2
f (x) = x + 7x + 5x − 17x + 3
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Solving
Let x ∗ be the maximizer of f (x). What is the second order sufficient condition for x ∗ to be the
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2 2
4x + 21x + 10x − 17 = 0
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X 12x
2
+ 42x + 10 = 0

2
12x + 42x + 10 > 0

2
12x + 42x + 10 < 0

8) In optimization problem, the function that we want to optimize is called 1 point

Decision function
Constraints function
Optimal function
Objective function

9) The optimization problem minx f (x) can also be written as maxx f (x) 1 point

True
False

10) Gradient descent algorithm converges to the local minimum 1 point

True
False

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