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Welcome to 6.7230/18.456 Semidefinite Optimization!
The first lecture of this course is Wednesday 2/8 at 1pm, on Room 36-153.
Please see the syllabus for full details.
Lecture Notes
- Wed Feb 8: Lecture 1 Download Lecture 1
- Fri Feb 10: Lecture 2 Download Lecture 2
- Wed Feb 15: Lecture 3 Download Lecture 3
- Fri Feb 17: Lecture 4 Download Lecture 4
- Fri Feb 24: Lecture 5 Download Lecture 5
- Wed Mar 1: Lecture 6 Download Lecture 6
- Wed Mar 8: Lectures 7 Download Lectures 7 and 8 Download and 8
- Fri Mar 10: Lecture 9 Download Lecture 9
- Wed Mar 15: Lecture 10 Download Lecture 10
- Fri Mar 17: Lecture 11 Download Lecture 11
- Wed Mar 22: Lecture 12 Download Lecture 12
- Fri Mar 24: Lecture 13 Download Lecture 13
- Wed Apr 5: Lecture 14 Download Lecture 14 - What is a GB? Download What is a GB?
- Fri Apr 7: Lecture 15 Download Lecture 15
- Wed Apr 12: Lecture 16 Download Lecture 16 + 17 Download 17 + Handout Download Handout
- Fri Apr 14: Lecture 18 Download Lecture 18
- Fri Apr 21: Lecture 19 Download Lecture 19
- Wed Apr 26: Lecture 20 Download Lecture 20 - Schmudgen's paper Download Schmudgen's paper - Lecture 21 Download Lecture 21
Forum/Discussions:
We will be using Piazza for class discussions.
The course website is piazza.com/mit/spring2023/6723018456/home Links to an external site.
Grading
Grading is split evenly (50/50) between:
1. Problem sets (total ~7, approximately one pset every two weeks)
2. Class project.
There is no final exam.
Links
Pset Partners: This is a new MIT problem-set partner-matching website. Please check it out, and sign up!
Getting started with Sum Of Squares: