Thursday, April 23, 2009

Differential Equations


Lecturer: Professor Arthur Mattuck
College/University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  1. The Geometrical View of y'=f(x,y): Direction Fields, Integral Curves
  2. Euler's Numerical Method for y'=f(x,y) and its Generalizations
  3. Solving First-order Linear ODE's; Steady-state and Transient Solutions
  4. First-order Substitution Methods: Bernouilli and Homogeneous ODE's
  5. First-order Autonomous ODE's: Qualitative Methods, Applications
  6. Complex Numbers and Complex Exponentials
  7. First-order Linear with Constant Coefficients: Behavior of Solutions, Use of Complex Methods
  8. Continuation; Applications to Temperature, Mixing, RC-circuit, Decay, and Growth Models
  9. Solving Second-order Linear ODE's with Constant Coefficients: The Three Cases
  10. Continuation: Complex Characteristic Roots; Undamped and Damped Oscillations
  11. Theory of General Second-order Linear Homogeneous ODE's: Superposition, Uniqueness, Wronskians
  12. Continuation: General Theory for Inhomogeneous ODE's. Stability Criteria for the Constant-coefficient ODE's
  13. Finding Particular Sto Inhomogeneous ODE's: Operator and Solution Formulas Involving Exponentials
  14. Interpretation of the Exceptional Case: Resonance
  15. Introduction to Fourier Series; Basic Formulas for Period 2(pi)
  16. Continuation: More General Periods; Even and Odd Functions; Periodic Extension
  17. Finding Particular Solutions via Fourier Series; Resonant Terms; Hearing Musical Sounds
  18. Introduction to the Laplace Transform; Basic Formulas
  19. Derivative Formulas; Using the Laplace Transform to Solve Linear ODE's
  20. Using Laplace Transform to Solve ODE's with Discontinuous Inputs
  21. Use with Impulse Inputs; Dirac Delta Function, Weight and Transfer Functions
  22. Introduction to First-order Systems of ODE's; Solution by Elimination, Geometric Interpretation of a System
  23. Sketching Solutions of 2x2 Homogeneous Linear System with Constant Coefficients
  24. Matrix Exponentials; Application to Solving Systems
  25. Decoupling Linear Systems with Constant Coefficients
  26. Non-linear Autonomous Systems: Finding the Critical Points and Sketching Trajectories; the Non-linear Pendulum
  27. Limit Cycles: Existence and Non-existence Criteria

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Probability and Random Variables



Lecturer: Professor M. Chakraborty
College/University: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

  1. Introduction to the Theory of Probability
  2. Axioms of Probability (First Part)
  3. Axioms of Probability (Second Part)
  4. Introduction to Random Variables
  5. Probability Distributions and Density Functions
  6. Conditional Distribution and Density Functions
  7. Function of a Random Variable (First Part)
  8. Function of a Random Variable (Second Part)
  9. Mean and Variance of a Random Variable
  10. Moments
  11. Characteristic Function
  12. Two Random Variables
  13. Function of Two Random Variables (First Part)
  14. Function of Two Random Variables (Second Part)
  15. Covariance and Correlation
  16. Vector Space of Random Variables
  17. Joint Moments
  18. Joint Characteristic Functions
  19. Joint Conditional Densities (First Part)
  20. Joint Conditional Densities (Second Part)
  21. Sequences of Random Variables (First Part)
  22. Sequences of Random Variables (Second Part)
  23. Correlation Matrices and their Properties (First Part)
  24. Correlation Matrices and their Properties (Second Part)
  25. Conditional Densities of Random Vectors
  26. Characteristic Functions and Normality
  27. Chebychev's Inequality and Estimation
  28. Central Limit Theorem
  29. Introduction to Stochastic Process
  30. Stationary Processes
  31. Cyclostationary Processes
  32. System with Random Process at Input
  33. Ergodic Processes
  34. Spectral Analysis (First Part)
  35. Spectral Analysis (Second Part)
  36. Spectrum Estimation - Non Parametric Methods
  37. Spectrum Estimation - Parametric Methods
  38. Autoregressive Modeling and Linear Prediction
  39. Linear Mean Square Estimation - Wiener (FIR)
  40. Adaptive Filtering - LMS Algorithm

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Discrete Mathematical Structures



Lecturer: Prof. Kamala Krithivasan
College/University: Indian Institute of Technology Madras


  1. Propositional Logic (First Part)
  2. Propositional Logic (Second Part)
  3. Predicates and Quantifiers (First Part)
  4. Predicates and Quantifiers (Second Part)
  5. Logical Inference
  6. Resolution Principles and Application to PROLOG
  7. Methods of Proof
  8. Normal Forms
  9. Proving Programs Correct
  10. Sets
  11. Induction
  12. Set Operations on Strings over Alphabet
  13. Relations
  14. Graphs (First Part)
  15. Graphs (Second Part)
  16. Trees
  17. Trees and Graphs
  18. Special Properties of Relations
  19. Closure of Relations (First Part)
  20. Closure of Relations (Second Part)
  21. Order Relations
  22. Order and Relations and Equivalence Relations
  23. Equivalence Relations and Partitions
  24. Functions (First Part)
  25. Functions (Second Part)
  26. Functions (Third Part)
  27. Permutations and Combinations (First Part)
  28. Permutations and Combinations (Second Part)
  29. Permutations and Combinations (Third Part)
  30. Generating Functions (First Part)
  31. Generating Functions (Second Part)
  32. Recurrence Relations (First Part)
  33. Recurrence Relations (Second Part)
  34. Recurrence Relations (Third Part)
  35. Algebras (First Part)
  36. Algebras (Second Part)
  37. Algebras (Third Part)
  38. Finite State Automaton (First Part)
  39. Finite State Automaton (Second Part)
  40. Lattices

Linear Algebra



Lecturer: Prof. W. Gilbert Strang
College/University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)


  1. The Geometry of Linear Equations
  2. Elimination with Matrices
  3. Multiplication and Inverse Matrices
  4. Factorization into A=LU
  5. Transposes, Permutations, and Spaces Rn
  6. Column Space and Nullspace
  7. Solving Ax=0: Pivot Variables, special Solutions
  8. Solving Ax=b: Row Reduced Form R
  9. Independence, Basis, and Dimension
  10. The Four Fundamental Subspaces
  11. Matrix Spaces
  12. Graphs, Networks, and Independence Matrices
  13. Review
  14. Orthogonal Vectors and Subspaces
  15. Projections onto Subspaces
  16. Projection Matrices and Least Squares
  17. Orthogonal Matrices and Gram-Schmidt
  18. Properties of Determinants
  19. Determinant Formulas and Cofactors
  20. Cramer's Rule, Inverse Matrix, and Volume
  21. Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
  22. Diagonalization and Powers of A
  23. Differential Equations and eAt
  24. Markov Matrices and Fourier Series
  25. Review
  26. Symmetric Matrices and Positive Definiteness
  27. Complex Matrices; Fast Fourier Transform
  28. Positive Definite Matrices and Minima
  29. Simliar Matrices and Jordan Form
  30. Singular Value Decomposition
  31. Linear Transformation and Their Matrices
  32. Change of Basis; Image Compression
  33. Review
  34. Left and Right Inverses; Pseudoinverses
  35. Review