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Lecture 1 | Convex Optimization I (Stanford)

The introductory lecture of Stephen Boyd's Stanford Convex Optimization I course (EE 364A). It outlines convex sets, functions and problems, and the course's coverage of least-squares, linear and semidefinite programming, duality and interior-point methods.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends Boyd's lectures as a fantastic, often funny follow-up to linear algebra and as a step in machine learning study paths.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Stanford
Topic
convex optimization
Format
lecture
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2011–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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  • These lectures are fantastic after you've mastered the basics of linear algebra [VIDEO] (convex optimization, by a very experienced and often funny lecturer)

    natly on Hacker News · 2022-05
    In The big six matrix factorizations
  • This is my favorite way to think about it as well. I think I learned it first in one of Steven Boyds astounding convex optimization lectures [VIDEO]

    hwers on Hacker News · 2022-01
    In Matrix Multiplication

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