Mathematics of Deep Learning: An Introduction

Leonid Berlyand · Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin

Apr 2023 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Ebook

132

Pages

Ratings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More

About this ebook

The goal of this book is to provide a mathematical perspective on some key elements of the so-called deep neural networks (DNNs). Much of the interest in deep learning has focused on the implementation of DNN-based algorithms. Our hope is that this compact textbook will offer a complementary point of view that emphasizes the underlying mathematical ideas. We believe that a more foundational perspective will help to answer important questions that have only received empirical answers so far.

The material is based on a one-semester course Introduction to Mathematics of Deep Learning" for senior undergraduate mathematics majors and first year graduate students in mathematics. Our goal is to introduce basic concepts from deep learning in a rigorous mathematical fashion, e.g introduce mathematical definitions of deep neural networks (DNNs), loss functions, the backpropagation algorithm, etc. We attempt to identify for each concept the simplest setting that minimizes technicalities but still contains the key mathematics.

About the author

Leonid Berland joined the Pennsylvania State University in 1991 where he is currently a Professor of Mathematics and a member of the Materials Research Institute. He is a founding co-director of the Penn State Centers for Interdisciplinary Mathematics and for Mathematics of Living and Mimetic Matter. He is known for his works at the interface between mathematics and other disciplines such as physics, materials sciences, life sciences, and most recently computer science. He has co-authored, Getting Acquainted with Homogenization and Multiscale,Birkhäuser 2018 and Introduction to the Network Approximation Method for Materials Modeling, Cambridge University Press, 2012. His interdisciplinary works received research awards from leading research agencies in the USA, such as NSF, the US Department of Energy, and the National Institute of Health as well as internationally (Bi-National Science Foundation and NATO). Most recently his work was recognized with the Humboldt Research Award of 2021. His teaching excellence was recognized by C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching by Eberly College of Science at Penn State.

Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin is currently Professor of Mathematics at the Pennsylvania State University since August 2020 previously he was a Professor at the University of Maryland from 2011 to 2020, where he was also director of the Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling from 2016 to 2020. Jabin‘s work in applied mathematics is internationally recognized and he has made seminal contributions to the theory and applications of many-particle/multi-agent systems together with advection and transport phenomena. Jabin was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro in 2018.

Rate this ebook

Tell us what you think.

Reading information

Smartphones and tablets

Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.

Laptops and computers

You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.

eReaders and other devices

To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.

Report illegal content