# function approximation (video feeds) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover function approximation.

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## [Lecture 14 - REINFORCE | Reinforcement Learning Phase|Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0myDortFqqU)

_2025-06-18 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Lecture 13 - Policy Gradient Methods | Reinforcement Learning Phase | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjLi8bTI7wk)

_2025-06-11 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Session 21: Actor Critic based Policy Gradient, Safe RL, Planning, DYNA, Curriculum Learning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=182NM3OYB-I)

_2025-06-09 · Mainak's PMRF Tutorials · Jadavpur University, 2025: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning_

## [Lecture 12 - Policy Control using Value Function Approximation | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEY0FduXs28)

_2025-06-06 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Session 20: Deep Neural Networks, MLP, Backpropagation, Policy Gradient, REINFORCE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqvwnb-yAo8)

_2025-06-04 · Mainak's PMRF Tutorials · Jadavpur University, 2025: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning_

## [Session 19: Asynchronous Q learning, Classification in ML, MLE, Logistic and Softmax Regression](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eu0ZYm8KKg)

_2025-06-02 · Mainak's PMRF Tutorials · Jadavpur University, 2025: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning_

## [Lecture 11 - Function Approximation Methods|Reinforcement Learning Phase|Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1HiRKBW38E)

_2025-06-02 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Lecture 10 -Temporal Difference Control | Reinforcement Learning Phase | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfCME1G7hKI)

_2025-05-30 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Session 18 Synchronous Q-learning, Model-free, based, tabular, with Linear Fn. Approx., Convergence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGMndP8PLXU)

_2025-05-28 · Mainak's PMRF Tutorials · Jadavpur University, 2025: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning_

## [Lecture 9 - Temporal Difference Prediction|Reinforcement Learning Phase| Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqGy6DxYLmY)

_2025-05-28 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

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## [Session 17: Off-Policy Evaluation of TD0 with linear function Approximation, Emphatic TD0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxxB2podHGE)

_2025-05-21 · Mainak's PMRF Tutorials · Jadavpur University, 2025: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning_

## [Lecture 8 - Monte Carlo Methods | Reinforcement Learning Phase | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH7a0I-Q4Qc)

_2025-05-21 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Session 16 γ contraction, Banach's Fixed Point Theorem, How far is it far from the intended optimal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G3r9ppVd3U)

_2025-05-19 · Mainak's PMRF Tutorials · Jadavpur University, 2025: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning_

## [Lecture 7 - Dynamic Programming | Reinforcement Learning Phase | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGGO0bX3xJs)

_2025-05-14 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Session 15 TD(0) convergence proof (contd), Point of Convergence of TD(0) (linear function approx.)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li5_m998lb4)

_2025-05-12 · Mainak's PMRF Tutorials · Jadavpur University, 2025: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning_

## [Lecture 6 - Value Functions | Reinforcement Learning | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dJOxicKpGY)

_2025-05-07 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Session 14: TD0 with linear function approximation, Glimpse at Stochastic Approximation Algorithm(1)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAOLg3nYvzY)

_2025-05-05 · Mainak's PMRF Tutorials · Jadavpur University, 2025: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning_

## [Lecture 5 - Markov Decision Processes | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUK4xclSjag)

_2025-05-01 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Session 13: Function Approximation in RL, Policy Evaluation, SGD Monte Carlo, TD(0) Implementation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjjjN8tMtU0)

_2025-04-30 · Mainak's PMRF Tutorials · Jadavpur University, 2025: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning_

## [Session 12: On Policy vs Off Policy Algorithms, Importance Sampling, Model-free Q learning, SARSA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5CZ_uRHuKg)

_2025-04-28 · Mainak's PMRF Tutorials · Jadavpur University, 2025: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning_

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## [Lecture 4b - Multi-Arm Bandits | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4sdSAENpjw)

_2025-04-25 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Lecture 4 - Reinforcement Learning - Basics | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3inJ9dMeqCM)

_2025-04-17 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Lecture 3 - Verifiers - Beam Search | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPMK-7ivE2o)

_2025-04-13 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Lecture 2 - Chain of Thought Reasoning | Reasoning LLMs from Scratch Series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZNNqcN_UQM)

_2025-04-02 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_

## [Lecture 1 - Reasoning LLMs from Scratch - Series Introduction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2QEElQ9eeM)

_2025-03-26 · Vizuara · Reasoning LLMs from Scratch_