Are you interested in Data Science but lack the math background for it? Has math always been a tough subject that you tend to avoid? This course will provide an intuitive understanding of foundational integral calculus, including integration by parts, area under a curve, and integral computation. It will also cover root-finding methods, matrix decomposition, and partial derivatives.
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Integral Calculus and Numerical Analysis for Data Science
This course is part of Expressway to Data Science: Essential Math Specialization
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Practice integrating by parts for more complex problems.
Identify how bisection works after its given an initial guess.
Diagonalize a matrix by hand.
Compute the partial derivatives of a function.
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There are 4 modules in this course
Explore the notion of area under a curve, how that relates to the integral and compute basic integrals.
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Introduction to Numerical Analysis using 2 root-finding methods.
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Explore general matrix decomposition, as well as a specialized and useful version called Singular Value Decomposition.
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We will learn a core calculus concept called partial derivatives, as well as delving into directional derivatives and their usefulness in higher level statistics.
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Reviewed on May 31, 2024
This was an excellent course. Covered some very technical aspects of both derivatives and linear algebra cleanly, and the quizzes made sense.
Reviewed on Jan 20, 2025
fast paced and minimal but very clear with good teaching
Recommended if you're interested in Math and Logic
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