We all know that calculus courses such as 18.01 and 18.02 are univariate and vector calculus, respectively. Modern applications such as machine learning and large-scale optimization require the next ...

This is the course page for an 18.S096 Special Subject in Mathematics at MIT taught in January 2023 (IAP) by Professors Alan Edelman and Steven G. Johnson. For a previous version of this course, see ...