Textbook:Linear Algebra With Machine Learning and Data
Author(s): Crista Arangala

Introduction
1 Graph Theory
1.1 Basic Terminology
1.2 The Power of the Adjacency Matrix
1.3 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors as Key Players
1.4 CASE STUDY: Applications in Sport Ranking
1.5 CASE STUDY: Gerrymandering
1.6 Exercises
2 Stochastic Processes
2.1 Markov Chain Basics
2.2 Hidden Markov Models
2.2.1 The Likelihood Problem
2.2.2 The Decoding Problem2.2.3 The Learning Problem
2.3 CASE STUDY: Spread of Infectious Disease
2.4 CASE STUDY: Text Analysis and Autocorrect
2.5 CASE STUDY: Tweets and Time Series
2.6 Exercises3 SVD and PCA
3.1 Vector and Inner Product Spaces
3.2
Singular Values
3.3
Singular Value Decomposition
3.4
Compression of Data Using Principal Component Analysis
(РCА)
3.5 PCA, Covariance, and Correlation
3.6 Linear Discriminant Analysis
3.7 CASE STUDY: Digital Humanities

3.8 CASE STUDY: Facial Recognition Using PCA and LDA
3.9 Exercises
4 Interpolation
4.1 Lagrange Interpolation
4.2 Orthogonal Families of Polynomials
4.3 Newton's Divided Difference
4.3.1 Newton's Interpolation via Divided Difference
4.3.2 Newton's Interpolation via the Vandermonde Matrix
4.4 Chebyshev Interpolation
4.5 Hermite Interpolation
4.6 Least Squares Regression
4.7 CASE STUDY: Chebyshev Polynomials and Cryptography
4.8 CASE STUDY: Racial Disparities in Marijuana Arrests
4.9 CASE STUDY: Interpolation in Higher Education Data
4.10 Exercises
5 Optimization and Learning Techniques for Regression
5.1 Basics of Probability Theory
5.2 Introduction to Matrix Calculus
5.2.1 Matrix Differentiation
5.2.2 Matrix Integration
5.3 Maximum Likelihood Estimation
5.5 Introduction to Neural Networks
5.5.1 The Learning Process
5.5.2 Sigmoid Activation Functions5.5.3 Radial Activation Functions.
5.6 CASE STUDY: Handwriting Digit Recognition
5.7 CASE STUDY: Poisson Regression and COVID Counts
5.8 Exercises
6 Decision Trees and Random Forests
6.1 Decision Trees
6.1.1 Decision Trees Regression
6.2 Regression Trees
6.3 Random Decision Trees and Forests
6.4 CASE STUDY: Entropy of Wordle
6.5
CASE STUDY: Bird Call Identification
6.6
Exercises