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Applications of the Giry monad in probability and statistics
In another thread, I asked about the $M$ endofunctor on the category $\operatorname{Meas}$ of measurable spaces, which sends a space $X$ to its space of measures $M(X)$.
Will Sawin described the ...
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Hopf monads in categorical probability theory
1. Context. According to [1], probability monads are arguably the most important concept in categorical probability theory. In [2] Fritz and Perrone argue that "in order for a monad to really ...
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Map from the Multiset Monad to the Giry Monad: From Data to Probabilities
The Mulitiset monad, aka the free commutative monoid monad or "Bag" monad, takes a set to the set of all Multisets for that set. A Multiset is like a set, but can have duplicates. It is used in ...
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What are the adjunctions that generate the Giry Monad?
The Giry Monad captures probability measures. What is the adjunction that generates the Giry Monad? To narrow this down, perhaps we can talk about the adjunction between the category of Polish ...
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Is the Giry Monad also a Comonad and if not, is there a probability measures (Co)monad?
The Giry monad consists of an endofunctor, $P$, on the category of measureable spaces $\mathcal{M}$, as well as two natural transformations $\mu, \eta$ known as the product and unit respectively. $P$ ...
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Intuitive meaning of Giry monad's $\sigma$-algebra
The Giry monad $G : \textbf{Meas} \to \textbf{Meas}$ maps a measurable space $(X, \mathcal{F})$ to its set of probability measures. The $\sigma$-algebra of $G(X, \mathcal{F})$ is the smallest algebra ...
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What is the category of algebras for the finitely supported measures monad?
In this post, I was introduced to the monad of finitely supported measures.
$HX$ is the set of finitely supported measures on $X$, with monad structure defined as for the Giry monad.
I have three ...
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The Kleisli category of a monoidal monad
Let $C$ be a symmetric monoidal category equipped with diagonals $\triangle_x: x \to x \otimes x$, that is, equipped with natural transformations $e_x: x \to 1$ and $\triangle_x : x \to x \otimes x $ ...
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Kleisli adjunction of the distribution monad
Let $\langle D , \mu, \eta \rangle$ be the distribution monad on $Set$ and let $Kl(D)$ be the Kleisli category on the distribution monad. I am interested in the adjunction between $Kl(D)$ and $Set$, ...
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Bialgebras in 1/Kl(D)
$1/Kl(D)$ is the comma category of the one element set in the Kleisli category of the distribution monad. There is mention of it here. The objects are probability distributions called states and the ...
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Schemes for conditional distributions (monads)
(Note: This is a heuristic question. I'm trying to work out if this idea makes sense. I don't have much background in this area, so apologies if I'm wide of the mark.)
Suppose you have a monad ...
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What is the measures monad for FDHilb?
I am labouring under a particular assumption that, perhaps, needs to be corrected. I believe that FDHilb, the category of Finite Dimensional Hilbert spaces and general linear maps is a category of ...
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