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Can we find $\sum_i x_i$ given $\{\sum_i x_i^{2n}\}_{n\in \mathbb{N}}$, assuming $\{x_i\}_{i\in\mathbb{N}}$ is a set of positive real numbers? Perhaps an easier question is, can we find $\sum_i x_i$ ...

In a $(n-1)$-degree polynomial, $P_{n-1}(z) = c_{n-1} z^{n-1} + c_{n-2} z^{n-2} + \ldots + c_0$, defined by, \begin{equation} P_{n-1}(z) = \sum\limits_{i=1}^n \, \prod\limits_{j=1,j\neq i}^n (z-x_j) \...

Consider the discrete distribution $\mu = \sum_{i = 0}^{n - 1} \delta(x - x_i)$ with all $a \leq x_0 < \ldots < x_{n - 1} \leq b$ and $[a, b] \in \mathbb{R}$. Suppose that $u_0(x), \ldots, u_n(x)...

This is a question related to the statistical model behind independent component analysis (ICA). We assume that $Z \sim N(0,1)$. Our goal is to construct a random variable $X$ that follows a ...