Class 37: Simulations Aren't What You Think

Class 37: Simulations Aren't What You Think

Simulations can aid in computing approximations to non-analytic functions. But that is all they are doing. There is nothing mystical or helpful about their basis being "random" numbers. Indeed, they do not need "random" numbers at all.

All questions will be answered in the following Monday's lecture.

Written lecture:
https://www.wmbriggs.com/class/
https://wmbriggs.substack.com/

Jaynes's book: http://www.med.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley/bios601/GaussianModel/JaynesProbabilityTheory.pdf

Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

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