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Probability is a measure of the likelihood of events happening. The greater the proportion of times an event can happen the greater (or more likely) the probability. Events can be ordered by the ...

Researchers have uncovered deep connections among different types of random objects, illuminating hidden geometric structures. These are not the kinds of objects that concern Scott Sheffield.

Let P = (pjk) be the transition matrix of an ergodic, finite Markov chain with no cyclically moving sub-classes. For each possible transition (j, k), let Hjk(x) be a distribution function admitting a ...