In this article, halfway between popularized exposition and historical account, some key moments in the development of atomic theory in its beginnings are discussed. In particular, the events and the major discoveries that have highlighted the discre...
In this paper, we aim to introduce the concept of the Ouroboros space and the complimentary concept of the Ouroboros function by using the Ouroboros equation [1] as our starting point. We start with a few univariate definitions, and then move on to m...
One of the hallmark achievements of the theory of graphical models and Bayesian model selection is the celebrated greedy equivalence search (GES) algorithm due to Chickering and Meek. GES is known to consistently estimate the structure of directed ac...
Using an idea of Voronoi in the geometric theory of positive definite quadratic forms, we give a transparent proof of John's characterization of the unique ellipsoid of maximum volume contained in a convex body. The same idea applies to the 'hard par...
Channel simulation is an alternative to quantization and entropy coding for performing lossy source coding. Recently, channel simulation has gained significant traction in both the machine learning and information theory communities, as it integrates...
In July 1925 Heisenberg published a paper [Z. Phys. 33, 879-893 (1925)] which ended the period of `the Old Quantum Theory' and ushered in the new era of Quantum Mechanics. This epoch-making paper is generally regarded as being difficult to follow,...
This is the editor's preface to the special issue of Journal of Spectral Theory, in memory of Yuri Safarov....
In an earlier article [J. Schubert, On nonspecific evidence, Int. J. Intell. Syst. 8(6), 711-725 (1993)] we established within Dempster-Shafer theory a criterion function called the metaconflict function. With this criterion we can partition into s...
The impact investment market has an estimated value of almost $1.6 trillion. Significant progress has been made in determining the financial returns of impact investing. Investors are still, however, in the early stages of determining impact return....
This document should serve as a quick reference for and guide to the implementation of linear GQ($λ$), a gradient-based off-policy temporal-difference learning algorithm. Explanation of the intuition and theory behind the algorithm are provided else...
Well, here we are. The long awaited Vanny theory. I spent a lot of time and effort to prepare this one. I won’t lie to you, readers. I think I failed twice to explain Vanny in earlier theories. Ther...
Points: 513 | Comments: 190 | Author: damncabbage
At energies that are large with respect to the electroweak scale, the electroweak corrections to scattering processes involve large logarithms that have to be resummed to obtain decent predictions. Soft-collinear effective theory (SCET) has been prop...
We present a module to calculate the mobility and conductivity of semi-conducting materials using Rode's algorithm. This module uses a variety of electronic structure inputs derived from the Density Functional Theory (DFT). We have demonstrated good...
Employing a cutting-edge bootstrap method, we analytically compute the three-loop pentagonal Wilson loop with Lagrangian insertion in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory. This object is conjectured to coincide with the maximally transcende...
We use density functional theory (DFT) with the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and our first-principles extrapolation method for accurate chemisorption energies {[Mason {\em et al.}, Phys. Rev. B {\bf 69}, 161401R (2004)]} to calculate th...
Classical billiards constitute an important class of dynamical systems. They have not only been in used in mathematical disciplines such as ergodic theory, but their properties demonstrate fundamental physical phenomena that can be observed in labo...
Online labor markets give people in poor countries direct access to buyers in rich countries. Economic theory and empirical evidence strongly suggest that this kind of access improves human welfare. However, critics claim that abuses are endemic in...
Due to a lack of coherent analysis, many common practices of humankind preserve low-efficient procedures. Balancing tubes during centrifugation exemplifies such a problem in laboratory practice. Using combination of symmetry group theory and genetic...
Jun 11, 2023 · When we explain the behavior of others, we look for enduring internal attributions, such as personality traits. This is known as the fundamental attribution error.