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• HW8 due date extended to Dec 2 @ 11:59pm.

• Thu (12/1) lecture and office hour format (in-person or Zoom) TBD.

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• FAQs

  • Second order Taylor approximation with a Hessian matrix.

  • Rayleigh quotient and its applications.

  • HW7: invariance under orthogonal transformation.

  • HW8: Q5.3 and 5.4.