Syllabus for Optimization (Math 442/542)

Week 1: Sections 1.1 and 1.2
Week 2: Sections 1.3 and 1.4
Week 3: Sections 1.5 and 3.1
Week 4: Sections 3.2 and 2.1
Week 5: Sections 2.3 and 2.4
Week 6: Sections 2.5 and 2.6
Week 7: Additional computational considerations and EXAM
Week 8: Sections Linear programming
Week 9: Sections Linear programming
Week 10: Sections 4.1 and 4.2
Week 11: Sections 4.3 and EXAM
Week 12: Sections 4.4 and extensions
Week 13: Sections *
Week 14: Sections *
Week 15: Sections *
* - Time permitting, we will consider such topics as discrete optimization, Lagrange multipliers, or Calculus of Variations
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