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| | The function $latex f(x) = x \log x$ occurs in various places across math/statistics/machine learning (e.g. in the definition of entropy), and I thought I'd put a list of properties of the function here that I've found useful. Here is a plot of the function: $latex f$ is defined on $latex (0, \infty)$. The only...
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| | Edit 6.6.2016. Premature optimization is a source for errors. The following is completely wrong. Would like to smoke the same thing again. Linear algebra does not work here. We need characterization of quotient space. What I do not understand is why fast methods are working modulo number itself, but not other prime numbers. Suppose we...
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| | The ``probabilistic method'' is the art of applying probabilistic thinking to non-probabilistic problems. Applications of the probabilistic method often feel like magic. Here is my favorite example: Theorem (Erdös, 1965). Call a set $latex {X}&fg=000000$ sum-free if for all $latex {a, b \in X}&fg=000000$, we have $latex {a + b \not\in X}&fg=000000$. For any finite...
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