Welcome to the course

The schedule now has the first few weeks' topics. For the first lecture, there is one concept which is going to be new (and presented in a way many find difficult! Do not despair, it will get easier.)

However, before we jump into the most abstract part of the course, we will fix some terminology - vectors, matrices, the gradient, the Hessian (and the Jacobian, which you might not have encountered in Math 2).

Knut Syds?ter and Arne Str?m compiled this list of prerequisites - you might want to check for gaps in your knowledge.