Vectors, Matrices & Operations

Every neural network is just matrix multiplication with extra steps.

Build 1 hr Python, Julia

Prerequisites: Phase 1, Lesson 01 (Linear Algebra Intuition)

#Learning Objectives

  • Build a Matrix class with element-wise operations, matrix multiplication, transpose, determinant, and inverse
  • Distinguish element-wise multiplication from matrix multiplication and explain when each applies
  • Implement a single dense neural network layer (relu(W @ x + b)) using only the from-scratch Matrix class
  • Explain broadcasting rules and how bias addition works in neural network frameworks
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The text and code of this lesson are based on AI Engineering from Scratch by Rohit Ghumare, MIT licensed.