Lex Fridman Podcast
Gilbert Strang: Linear Algebra, Deep Learning, Teaching, and MIT OpenCourseWare
25 Nov 2019
Gilbert Strang is a professor of mathematics at MIT and perhaps one of the most famous and impactful teachers of math in the world. His MIT OpenCourseWare lectures on linear algebra have been viewed millions of times. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts or support it on Patreon. This episode is presented by Cash App. Download it, use code LexPodcast. And it is supported by ZipRecruiter. Try it: http://ziprecruiter.com/lexpod Here's the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. 00:00 - Introduction 03:45 - Math rockstar 05:10 - MIT OpenCourseWare 07:29 - Four Fundamental Subspaces of Linear Algebra 13:11 - Linear Algebra vs Calculus 15:03 - Singular value decomposition 19:47 - Why people like math 23:38 - Teaching by example 25:04 - Andrew Yang 26:46 - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 29:21 - Deep learning 37:28 - Theory vs application 38:54 - Open problems in mathematics 39:00 - Linear algebra as a subfield of mathematics 41:52 - Favorite matrix 46:19 - Advice for students on their journey through math 47:37 - Looking back
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