http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/ ETJaynes Study Group Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:52:18 GMT Jerry Fusselman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/267 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/267 Do you welcome errata and suggestions? -Jerry Fusselman ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:44:19 GMT ArnoldB http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/266 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/266 The files I created for Jaynes's book (NameIndex, SubjectIndex and Errata) are now available at the website http://www.etjaynesinfo.com Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:23:00 GMT Daniel Davis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/265 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/265 The correspondence mentioned is available online. http://ucispace.lib.uci.edu/handle/10575/1158  They seem to be talking more about Jaynes work in probability Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:45:49 GMT Gwern Branwen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/264 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/264 ... If anyone has access to _The Everett Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Collected Works 1955-1980_, ch18 would be worth checking: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:23:43 GMT Daniel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/263 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/263 Does anyone have any references for Jayne's opinion on the Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum theory? Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:04:50 GMT neerajcet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/262 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/262 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 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:12:16 GMT ArnoldB http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/261 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/261 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 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:43:58 GMT jamespale http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/260 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/260 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 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:03:25 GMT ArnoldB http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/259 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/259 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, Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:33 GMT Konrad Scheffler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/258 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/258 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 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:28:07 GMT ArnoldB http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/257 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/257 A simple example can help in seeing a solution to this problem. Suppose we have just two colors, red and white, and proposition R states at least one red ball Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:56:29 GMT andy.wu_901 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/256 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/256 Hi all, I'm self-studying the book and trying to solve exercise 3.2, but no luck so far. I tried to expand P(A1A2...Ak) by product rule(A1 means color 1 is Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:16:31 GMT Malcolm Dean http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/255 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/255 Jaynes was quoting a colleague: *"Philosophers are free to do whatever they please, because they don't have to do anything right."* Probability Theory Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:04:56 GMT Arnold Baise http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/254 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/254 It's on page 144 of Jaynes's book:  "Philosophers are free to do whatever they please, because they don't have to do anything right". Arnold    [Non-text Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:27:08 GMT Daniel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/253 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/etjaynesstudy/message/253 It's something like - "Philosophers can say anything they want, because they don't have to get anything right." Anyone know where Jaynes said that? I'm pretty