covariance matrices

Summary

A covariance matrix generalizes the idea of variance to multiple dimensions, where the i-th j-th element in the covariance matrix is the covariance between the i-th and j-th random variables. Covariance matrices are common throughout both statistics and machine learning and often arise when dealing with multivariate distributions.

Context

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Goals

  • Understand how to calculate the entries of a covariance matrix
  • Understand the difference between positive and negative covariances

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