Questionnaire

Question # 1
Write an explicit formula for all the solutions of a general linear system in the form
Ax = b

(1)

where A is an n m matrix, x is an m-dimensional column vector and b is an ndimensional column vector. Consider the general case of n 6= m, that is, the matrix is
not square.

Question # 2
Write the explicit formula of the gradient of
E[u] =

n1
Xp
X m1

(u[i + 1, j] u[i, j])2 + (u[i, j + 1] u[i, j])2 + 

(2)

i=1 j=1

with respect to the variable u, which is an n m matrix, and where  > 0 is a given
constant. Show all the steps of your calculations.

Question # 3
Write the explicit formula of the maximum likelihood estimator for the mean of the
Laplacian distribution. Show all the steps of your calculations. Do not just write the
name of the formula.