Note that there were no recitations during the weeks of the midterm exam (week 7), spring break (week 8), or Sloan Innovation Period (week 9).
| LEC # | TOPICS | RECITATIONS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Basic Problem Basic Definitions Weirstrass Theorems Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Optimality |
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| 2 | Newton's Method When Newton's Method Fails Rates of Convergence Quadratic Forms Eigenvectors/Eigenvalues/Decompositions |
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| 3 | Method of Steepest Descent Why this Method is Good Why this Method is Bad Line Search Algorithm |
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| 4 | Separating Hyperplanes Theorem of The Alternative (Farkas Lemma) Necessary Conditions for Optimum of Constrained Problem Finding Optima |
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| 5 | When is KKT Necessary Sufficient Conditions Steepest Descent for Constrained Problems |
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| 6 | Penalty/Barrier Methods Quiz Review |
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| 10 | Importance of Duality Lagrangian Dual Approach Features of The Dual Column-Geometry Dual Approach Weak Duality Strong Duality |
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