\subsection{Linear Least Squares} \bi{Goal}: $\argmin{x \in \R^n} ||\mat{A}\vec{x} - b||^2_2$, $\mat{A}$: rows $i$-th datap. col $c$: $t_i^{c - 1}$. \bi{Man. sol.}: comp. $M = A^\top A$, $b' = A^\top b$, then $Mx = b'$. \bi{Prob. sol.}: $\text{argmax} p(\vec{x} \divider \vec{z})$ with \begin{itemize} \item \bi{Max. Like} $p(\vec{x} | \vec{z}) \propto p(\vec{z} | \vec{x}) = \prod_{i = 1}^N p(\vec{z}_i | \vec{x})$ \item \bi{M a Post} $p(\vec{x} | \vec{z}) \propto p(\vec{z} | \vec{x}) p(\vec{x}) = p(\vec{x}) \prod_{i = 1}^N p(\vec{z}_i | \vec{x})$ \end{itemize}