Mathematical Structures in Neuroscience
Course Notes, 2022-2023
Jonathan Victor
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These are pdfs and scans of notes used in class, along with homework questions, exam questions, and solutions from this year and previous years.
Apologies for inaccuracies and penmanship. All rights reserved.
Introduction
Groups, Fields, and Vector Spaces
- Notes for 9/1/22 - 9/15/22
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first posted 8/25/22, last revised 9/15/22
- Homework for 9/1/22 (pages 1-15 of notes)
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first posted 9/1/22
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first posted 9/8/22
- Homework for 9/8/22 (pages 16-29 of notes)
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first posted 9/8/22
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first posted 9/15/22
- Homework for 9/15/22 (pages 30-34 of notes)
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first posted 9/15/22
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first posted 9/22/22
Linear Transformations and Group Representations
- Notes for 9/15/22 - 9/29/22
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first posted 9/8/22, last revised 9/29/22
- Homework for 9/15/22 (pages 1-7 of notes)
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first posted 9/15/22
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first posted 9/22/22
- Homework for 9/22/22 (pages 8-19 of notes)
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first posted 9/22/22
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first posted 9/29/22
- Homework for 9/29/22 (pages 20-31 of notes)
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first posted 9/29/22
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first posted 9/29/22
Linear Systems, Black Boxes, and Beyond
- Notes for 10/13/22 and 10/27/22
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first posted 10/13/22, last revised 10/30/22
- Homework for 10/13/22 (pages 1-15 of notes)
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first posted 10/13/22
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first posted 10/13/22
- Homework for 10/27/22 (pages 16-36 of notes)
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first posted 10/30/22
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first posted 10/30/22
Dynamical Systems (J. Drover)
Multivariate Methods
Also please see (non-overlapping) problems from earlier years. Selections:
basic group properties
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ways of combining groups
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tensor products
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eigenvectors, tensor products
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Additional course notes, exercises, and exams
Home pages (with complete notes, homework exercises, exams) for prior years are here:
2003-2004,
2008-2009,
2010-2011,
2012-2013,
2014-2015,
2016-2017,
2018-2019.
2020-2021.
Exam 2004
Exam 2009
Exam 2011
Exam 2013
Exam 2015
Exam 2017
Exam 2019
Exam 2021
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