Before you start

This repository hosts the course material for Math 5650/6650: Nonlinear Optimization at Auburn University. The course will use the textbook written by Jorge Nocedal and Stephen Wright, Numerical Optimization, 2nd Edition.

Both basic optimization theory and programming are required. The prerequisites for the theory part are

• Linear Differential Equations (2650)

• Topics in Linear Algebra (2660)

Note

The default programming language for this class is Python, the other script languages such as MATLAB, R, Julia are also supported.