The file mixed.wav contains a mix of two audio clips: One of birds chirping, and the other of a flute. Your task is to remove the chirping birds, and recover (as well as you can) the original clip of the flute alone. (I would need to see an algorithm and/or code, as well as the final result.)
I will measure the error as follows: Convert your wave file to a vector, and normalise it to have length 1. (If your WAV file is stereo, both channels will be averaged to convert it to mono.) I will take the original wave file for the flute and convert it to a vector (again normalised to have length 1). The error will be half the distance between the above two normalised vectors. (The distance (as measured above) between the mixed clip and the original flute sample is about 0.2578. My code currently reduces this distance to 0.0446, at which point the birds are essentially inaudible, with very little "artifacting". See if you can do better!)
I'd recommend using Matlab, Octave or SciPy/NumPy to do this.
If you choose to use Matlab/Octave, a few functions you'll find helpful are wavread, wavwrite, fft and ifft.
If you use a different language, don't reinvent the wheel: find a library that read wave files and Fourier transforms functions.
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| Midterm 1 | Mon, Feb 10. (Closed book, in class.) |
| Midterm 2 | Wed, Apr 2. (Closed book, in class.) |
| Final | Thu, May 8, 8:30am--11:30am in PH A18C (Closed book.) |
| Grading |
Homework: 20%,
better midterm: 30%,
final: 50%.
Choosing the "better" of your two midtermsWhen computing your final grade, I will only use the score from the midterm in which you received a higher percentile rank (and consequently, the higher grade). I will then use statistical methods so that your scores from your homework and exams are all comparable, and then average these corrected scores (as described) to compute your final grade. If you want to know the exact details, read the source of the scripts I use. Bottom line -- you can safely "bomb" one midterm with no consequence to your grade, and let me worry about how the numbers work. |
A Partial Differential Equation (PDE for short), is a differential equation involving derivatives with respect to more than one variable. These arise in numerous applications from various disciplines. A prototypical example is the `heat equation', governing the evolution of temperature in a conductor.
Usually finding explicit solutions for even the simplest (LINEAR) PDE's is a formidable task, which doesn't always have a tractable solution. The mathematical study of PDE's usually focuses on deducing properties of solutions, without use of an explicit solution formula. For instance, the fact that heat doesn't collect at hot points is a consequence of the "Maximum principle"; a fundamental theorem about solutions to the heat equation, which also applies to solutions of a more general class of equations.
This course will serve as a conceptual introduction to PDE's differential equations, focussing more on studying properties of solutions and less on finding explicit (and horrendously complicated) solutions. It is aimed at undergraduate Math majors, however is suitable for students from Physics, Engineering and other disciplines who want to develop a more conceptual understanding of the subject.
Ideally, you should have seen a good course multi-variable calculus and ODEs (i.e. 21-259 and 21-260 or equivalent). At the very least, you should know COLD the chain rule for partial derivatives, the divergence theorem and how to solve basic ODE's (variation of parameters, etc.)
Though it isn't essential, it would be 'helpful' if you're familiar with some elementary analysis. You will find the later topics (heat kernel onwards) a lot easier if you've taken 355/356, and for instance, know the formal definition of a limit, uniform convergence and Riemann integrals. It is, however, possible to 'survive' this course with no prior knowledge of these topics.
Your behaviour should not disturb or distract anyone else. Make sure your cell phone is turned off, or silent. If you must use a laptop, then:
Repeat offenders of this policy will be penalized.
Usually each lecture relies on all the previous ones, and missing one could easily lead to a disastrous domino effect. If you have to miss a lecture, then I strongly recommend you study the material you missed before you return to class. Note, while I don't require "mandatory attendance", I require that you know all material covered in class. You are responsible for making up anything that was covered in lectures you missed.
If you miss a lecture, I recommend doing the following:
After you have done this, you should contact me if you need clarification on any material. You don't have to notify me in advance of occasional absences.
A good practice in any math course is to look over your notes from class, and/or the relevant sections from the text every class day. Again, this is because each lecture will build on the previous. A gap in your understanding in one lecture will cascade catastrophically through future lectures!
To accommodate special and extreme circumstances, I will not count your lowest two homework scores towards your grade. So, for instance, if you have a family emergency you need not turn in the homework for that particular week, and it will not affect your grade. If you turn in every homework on time, then I will automatically drop the bottom two scores from your grade.
Keep in mind, this policy is to accommodate special, and extreme circumstances. If you use up your two freebies early in the semester, then please ensure you and your extended family remain in good health for the remainder of the semester.
Your assignments will frequently contain optional problems (marked with a star). These problems are helpful to think about, but you should not turn them in with your regular homework. Problems are made optional for a variety of reasons: Some problems are optional because they are (easy?) standard facts which I did not have time to do in class. Others are optional because they are interesting `challenge' problems, which may or may not have a tractable solution in the scope of this course.
Optional problems won't be graded, and won't count towards your grade. There is no "extra credit" for doing optional problems. You're welcome to discuss any optional problem with me or your classmates, but don't turn it in with your regular homework.
You're encouraged to work in groups, however you must write up the solution on your own. Photo-copying or blindly plagiarising solutions from members of your study group (or anyone else for that matter) will be treated as cheating, and dealt with severely.
Homework is probably the most important part of this course. Trying such problems on your own is the only way to get a good conceptual understanding of this material. So be sure you give it a good shot!
I will usually write up solutions to the harder problems on each homework. For the remaining problems, perfect, or nearly perfect student solutions may be scanned in and hosted here, with identifying information removed. If you would not like your homework assignments scanned in and hosted, then please let me know.