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04 February 2015
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Resources
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Class number
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Topic
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Slides/handouts for class
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Video file
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References and Notes
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| 04 February
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05A
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- Why consider unconstrained, single-variable problems
- Newton's method review to solve these problems
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Handout from class
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Video
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| 09 February
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06A
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- Newton's method reviewed again for unconstrained, single-variable problems
- Using finite differences instead in Newton's method
- Multivariate unconstrained optimization
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Handout from class
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| 11 February
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06B
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- Unconstrained single-variable optimization using gradient search
- Unconstrained multivariate optimization using gradient search
- Understanding the line search problem
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Handout from class
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Video
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| 16 to 27 February
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07
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Reading week break and midterm
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| 02 March
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08A
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- Unconstrained optimization in two variables review
- Contrasting it back to the single variable case
- Extending to the multidimensional Newton's method
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