Spring 2025

Linear algebra is useful. Practical. Maybe the most applicable math you can learn. It’s at the heart of many computer applications of math (numerical differential equations, computer graphics, big data, machine learning). The Spring 2025 edition of Math 314 will emphasize the practical side of linear algebra.

Textbook

• Free text by Stanford/UCLA engineers Stephen Boyd and Lieven Vanderberghe.
  Hard copies are nice to use, though, and the book is not expensive. Treat yourself to one!

• Additional supplementary exercises. Some of these will appear in the homework.

• Julia language companion for the textbook.

• Stanford course website associated with the text.

Labs

• Lab 1 is available and due February 14! You’ll want:

  • The instructions
  • The companion Jupyter notebook

• Lab 2 is available and is due March 7! You’ll want:

  • The instructions
  • The companion Jupyter notebook

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