Stochastic factorizations, sandwiched simplices and the topology of the space of explanations

DOI10.1098/rspa.2003.1150zbMath1051.60076OpenAlexW2163776721WikidataQ114089194 ScholiaQ114089194MaRDI QIDQ3043401

Duco van Straten, James Q. Smith, D. M. Q. Mond

Publication date: 6 August 2004

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2003.1150

zbMATH Keywords

Morse theorytopologystochastic matriceshidden variables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) (60J10) Probabilistic measure theory (60A10) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70)

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