etjaynesstudy : ETJaynes Study Group

The group is intended to be centered around discussions of the works of E.T. Jaynes, particularly "Probability Theory: The Logic of Science".

Solving an Overdetermined system:Jaynes Comment Hello , I am reading the book Probability: Logic of Science. I have a doubt on one of the concept in the book, I want to get some insight which is lacking. If Posted - Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:04 am	neerajcet Offline Send Email
Re: Probability: The Logic of Science, Chapter 9 If you write log{sqrt(2 pi n)} as (1/2){log(2 pi) + log(n)}, then you can rearrange to get a term (n + 1/2)log(n). For large n this becomes nlog(n), so that Posted - Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:12 pm	ArnoldB aibaise Offline Send Email
Probability: The Logic of Science, Chapter 9 Re Eq 9.48 and 9.49, I see why log(W)/(nH) --> 1, but it doesn't follow that we can exponentiate numerator and denominator to get W/exp(nH) --> 1. The problem Posted - Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:43 pm	jamespale Offline Send Email
Reviews of Jaynes's books I've uploaded a file (Reviews.doc) that lists reviews of two of Jaynes's books: Probability Theory: The Logic of Science, and Papers on Probability, Posted - Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:03 pm	ArnoldB aibaise Offline Send Email
Re: Scale Transformation in Bertrand's Paradox Hi Jason, This is probably a longer delayed response than you were hoping for, but better late than never I guess. A caveat: please don't assume that I know Posted - Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:43 pm	Konrad Scheffler konrad_schef... Offline Send Email
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