Learning objectives

• Understand the singular value decomposition of a linear transformation in terms of bases of vector spaces
• Investigate application to image compression

Before class

• Read Lay section 7.4
• Consult notes to the textbook
• Ponder Lay problems TBA
• Post to Piazza
• Write solutions to problems 7.2:  6, 8 to turn in at the beginning of class

In class

• Work through notes on the Singular Value Decomposition
• Problems on SVD