tree-math makes it easy to implement numerical algorithms that work on JAX pytrees, such as iterative methods for optimization and equation solving. It does so by providing a wrapper class ...

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Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Abstract: In this paper, we tackle the problem of discovering movement-based communities of users, where users in the same community have similar movement behaviors. Note that the identification of ...

Back in February, one DiS messageboarder was moved to say to the masses: “I challenge you to prove to me that math-rock is real”. Responses varied – some kept tongues in cheek, some were flippant, ...

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Here is a table of the values for the cumulative distribution function of the standard normal distribution. These will be used to approximated binomial random variables. Here is another table with ...