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Distribution (number theory)

In algebra and number theory, a distribution is a function on a system of finite sets into an abelian group which is analogous to an integral: it is thus the algebraic analogue of a distribution in the sense of generalised function. The original examples of distributions occur, unnamed, as functions φ on Q/Z satisfying Such distributions are called ordinary distributions. They also occur in p-adic integration theory in Iwasawa theory. Let ... → Xn+1 → Xn → ... be a projective system of finite sets with surjections, indexed by the natural numbers, and let X be their projective limit. We give each Xn the discrete topology, so that X is compact. Let φ = (φn) be a family of functions on Xn taking values in an abelian group V and compatible with the projective system: for some weight function w. The family φ is then a distribution on the projective system X. A function f on X is "locally constant", or a "step function" if it factors through some Xn. We can define an integral of a step function against φ as The definition extends to more general projective systems, such as those indexed by the positive integers ordered by divisibility. As an important special case consider the projective system Z/n‌Z indexed by positive integers ordered by divisibility. We identify this with the system (1/n)Z/Z with limit Q/Z. For x in R we let ⟨x⟩ denote the fractional part of x normalised to 0 ≤ ⟨x⟩ < 1, and let {x} denote the fractional part normalised to 0 < {x} ≤ 1. (Wikipedia).

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(PP 6.1) Multivariate Gaussian - definition

Introduction to the multivariate Gaussian (or multivariate Normal) distribution.

From playlist Probability Theory

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(PP 6.4) Density for a multivariate Gaussian - definition and intuition

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From playlist Probability Theory

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What is a Sampling Distribution?

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From playlist Probability Distributions

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From playlist Structural Analysis and Visualization of Networks.

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Distributions - Statistical Inference

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From playlist Statistical Inference

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(PP 6.7) Geometric intuition for the multivariate Gaussian (part 2)

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From playlist Probability Theory

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Statistics: Introduction to the Shape of a Distribution of a Variable

This video introduces some of the more common shapes of distributions http://mathispower4u.com

From playlist Statistics: Describing Data

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(PP 6.6) Geometric intuition for the multivariate Gaussian (part 1)

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From playlist Probability Theory

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The Normal Distribution (1 of 3: Introductory definition)

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From playlist The Normal Distribution

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Nina Snaith - Combining random matrix theory and number theory [2015]

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From playlist Number Theory

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From playlist PRIMA2009

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CTNT 2022 - p-adic Fourier theory and applications (by Jeremy Teitelbaum)

This video is one of the special guess talks or conference talks that took place during CTNT 2022, the Connecticut Summer School and Conference in Number Theory. Note: not every special guest lecture or conference lecture was recorded. More about CTNT: https://ctnt-summer.math.uconn.edu/

From playlist CTNT 2022 - Conference lectures and special guest lectures

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From playlist Summer of Math Exposition 2 videos

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From playlist Bangalore School on Statistical Physics - X (2019)

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The measurement problem and some mild solutions by Dustin Lazarovici (Lecture - 03)

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From playlist Fundamental Problems of Quantum Physics

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Phiala Shanahan: "Machine learning for lattice field theory"

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From playlist Machine Learning for Physics and the Physics of Learning 2019

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Statistical mechanics of deep learning by Surya Ganguli

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From playlist Statistical Physics Methods in Machine Learning

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Benjamin Guedj: On generalisation and learning

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From playlist LMS Computer Science Colloquium Nov 2021

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On the possibility of an instance-based complexity theory - Boaz Barak

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