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Optimization with convex constraints and convex objectives; notions related to convex optimization such as sub-gradients, normal cones, separating hyperplanes

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When do people actually use the maximum entropy distribution?

Thermodynamics can be derived from this principle: \begin{align*} 0 &\overset!=\delta \Big[\underbrace{-k_B\langle\ln p\rangle}_{S} + \alpha\Big(\langle1\rangle - 1\Big) + \beta\Big(\langle E\rangl …
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