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I am trying to learn how to do deep neural networks with this Ipython notebook. I'm puzzled about notations in linear backward learning section.

For layer $l$, the linear part is: $Z^{[l]} = W^{[l]} A^{[l-1]} + b^{[l]}$ (followed by an activation). I want to get $(dW^{[l]}, db^{[l]} dA^{[l-1]})$.

The course suppose that I have already calculated the derivative $dZ^{[l]} = \frac{\partial \mathcal{L} }{\partial Z^{[l]}}$. Yet, What does $\mathcal{L}$ stands for in the derivative $dZ^{[l]} = \frac{\partial \mathcal{L} }{\partial Z^{[l]}}$ means ? I have never seen it defined here.

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    $\begingroup$ Your links are behind the wall, one needs an account to see it $\endgroup$ – Aksakal Jul 30 '18 at 18:08
  • $\begingroup$ @Aksakal, sure. I've updated. $\endgroup$ – ThePassenger Jul 31 '18 at 8:55
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It probably means "loss" as in "loss function" but as with everything else in mathematical notation, this is merely a convention and anyone can define any symbol to mean anything. The only way to be sure is to ask the author.

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