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📚 Section I: Theoretical Foundations & Algebraic Structures
Explore the core language of linear algebra—from vectors and matrices to subspaces and eigenvalues. You'll build the theoretical intuition necessary to model and analyze real systems.
Highlights: Linear transformations, eigenanalysis, vector spaces, inner products, orthogonality.
💻 Section II: Numerical Linear Algebra & Scientific Computing
Shift from abstract concepts to computation. This section focuses on algorithms, decompositions, and numerical stability—critical for scientific computing and simulations.
Highlights: LU and QR factorizations, iterative solvers, condition numbers, sparse matrices, SVD.
⚙️ Section III: Control Systems & Electrical Engineering
Dive into state-space modeling, controllability, observability, and feedback design—all powered by matrix techniques. Essential for students working in dynamic systems and control theory.
Highlights: Kalman decomposition, LQR, matrix exponentiation, model reduction.
🔊 Section IV: Signal Processing & Graph Theory
Uncover how linear algebra supports signal transforms, frequency analysis, and network modeling. Graph Laplacians and spectral methods will reveal patterns and enable new optimizations.
Highlights: FFT, graph Laplacians, spectral clustering, convolution, flows, geometric transforms.
🤖 Section V: Data Science & Machine Learning
Harness linear algebra for machine learning and AI. From PCA and neural networks to optimization and kernel methods, this section gives you the tools to shape data into insight.
Highlights: Gradient descent, eigenfaces, kernel tricks, collaborative filtering, SVMs.