e02 : Second Midterm
| exam date | description | ready? | info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 05/23 11:00AM | Second Midterm | true | e02 |
The midterm exam will be in class on Thursday, May 23 from 11:00am to 12:15pm.
Rules
Phones off! You may use notes or written materials (1 8.5”x11” paper, both sides), but no electronic devices of any kind. You won’t need to do any complicated numerical calculations, and if we ask you for Python code we won’t mark it off for exact syntax or details of argument lists.
Write your answers legibly within the space provided.
Syllabus
The exam covers:
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All assigned readings done SINCE midterm 1
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My slides from lecture 9 thru lecture 12
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All the problems on homeworks h04 and h05
- All (from slides, from readings, from homework) the topics covered in lectures 9 thru 12:
- The least squares data-fitting method
- IEEE FP standard (including how to convert between hex and binary, etc…)
- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
- The PageRank algorithm (lect. 12)
- Here are some sample problems with their solutions.