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Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra

Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra - Coursera
Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra by Imperial College London on Coursera. Certificate earned at Wednesday, January 16, 2019 7:32 PM GMT as part of the pre-work requirements for CodeUp’s Data Science Career Accelerator program.

Gram-Schmidt

According to Wikipedia,

the Gram–Schmidt process is a method for orthonormalising a set of vectors in an inner product space,

Gram–Schmidt process, Wikipedia

Orthonormalising?

Not only is it “right,” it also makes your life a whole lot easier. If you don’t believe me, just watch the video on Coursera or have a go at it with our best friend, Salman Khan on Khan Academy.

We had to automate the process by writing a Python application. I”m not sure what I like best, learning about it, or coding about it. Me thinks I’ll take the latter.

Here’s a snippet:

def gsBasis(A) :
    B = np.array(A, dtype=np.float_)
    for i in range(B.shape[1]) :
        for j in range(i) :
            B[:, i] = B[:,i] - B[:,i] @ B[:,j] * B[:,j]
        if la.norm(B[:, i]) > verySmallNumber :
            B[:, i] = B[:, i] / la.norm(B[:, i])
        else :
            B[:, i] = np.zeros_like(B[:, i])
    return B

You can view the full code on Github.

Special Matrices

In Coursera’s Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra class, we learned all about matrices. One of my favorite is the row echelon form or REF.

I like it ‘cuz it sounds fancy and Trekkie-like.

Anyways, we had to write a Python application that converts a 4×4 matrix into row echelon form. There’s also a feature in there that catches errors in case of extra special matrices like singular matrices.

def fixRowTwo(A) :
    A[2] = A[2] - A[0] * A[2,0]
    A[2] = A[2] - A[1] * A[2,1]
    if A[2,2] == 0 :
        A[2] = A[2] + A[3]
        A[2] = A[2] - A[0] * A[2,0]
        A[2] = A[2] - A[1] * A[2,1]
    if A[2,2] == 0 :
        raise MatrixIsSingular()
    A[2] = A[2] / A[2,2]
    return A

You can view the full code on Github.

Pre-work Requirements

Below are courses that we needed to complete prior to the official start date of the class. I’ve included the links so you can check them out!