Differential Equations Index
Last edited: August 8, 2025Differential Equations. math53.stanford.edu.
Logistics
Prof. Rafe Mazzeo
TAs
- Rodrigo Angelo
- Zhenyuan Zhang
Assignments
- Pre-lecture reading + questionnaire
- PSets: Wed 9A
- 2 Midterms + 1 Final: wk 4 + wk 7, Thurs Evening; Tuesday 12:15
Review
- it suffices to study First Order ODEs because we can convert all higher order functions into a First Order ODEs
- homogeneous linear systems \(y’=Ay\) can be solved using eigenvalue, matrix exponentiation, etc. (recall that special cases exists where repeated eigenvalues, etc.)
- inhomogeneous systems \(y’ = Ay +f(t)\) can be solved using intergrating factor or variation of parameters method
- general analysis of non-linear \(y’=f(y)\): we can talk about stationary solutions (1. linearize each \(y_0\) stationary solutions to figure local behavior 2. away from stationary solutions, use Lyapunov Functions to discuss), or liapenov functions
- for variable-coefficient ODEs, we decry sadness and Solving ODEs via power series
Content
What we want to understand:
Differential Privacy
Last edited: August 8, 2025diffusion map
Last edited: August 8, 2025Diffusion Models for Laproscopic Surgeries
Last edited: August 8, 2025What if we can use diffusion models to generate Laproscopic surgeries to train surgeons?
Problem
Asking dalle to just “generate a Laproscopic surgery” is not going to work. It will give you cartoons.
Approach
- text problem formulation: “grasper grasp gallbladder”
- encode text into latents
- do diffusion with late fusion of latents
Data: Cholec T-45
Weighting
Scoring: Perception Prioritized Weighting + Prioritization for Signal-to-Noise
(Ho et al, 2020)
Text
“[subject] [verb] [object] [surgical phase]”
