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The Matrix Calculus You Need for Deep Learning
Most of us last saw calculus in school, but derivatives are a critical part of machine learning, particularly deep neural networks, which are trained by optimizing a loss function. This article is an attempt to explain all the matrix calculus you need in order to understand the training of deep neural networks. We…
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AI & Machine LearningMath & Algorithms2018
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jun 29, 2018 | The Matrix Calculus You Need for Deep Learning by lxm | 610 | 77 |
| Nov 29, 2019 | Matrix Calculus for Deep Learning by yarapavan | 296 | 47 |
| Jul 30, 2023 | The matrix calculus you need for deep learning (2018) by mbustamanter | 224 | 40 |
| Mar 29, 2025 | The Matrix Calculus You Need for Deep Learning by Anon84 | 67 | 3 |
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