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Examples where physical heuristics led to incorrect answers?

asked Jul 1, 2010 at 7:10

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Brownian motion and spheres

asked Mar 22, 2010 at 14:54

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Constructing Bernoulli random variables with prescribed correlation

asked Mar 26, 2010 at 11:37

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connection between the Gaussian and the Cauchy distribution

asked Aug 6, 2010 at 8:31

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Potts model simulation

asked Sep 28, 2010 at 10:23

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Ising model on a cycle

asked Oct 19, 2012 at 13:05

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comparing diffusions

asked Dec 13, 2010 at 11:07

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Weighted Poincaré inequality

asked Feb 6, 2011 at 19:46

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Exact simulation of SDE

asked Feb 1, 2011 at 11:23

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how to sample a conditioned diffusion

asked May 19, 2010 at 22:39

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Brownian motion inside a domain

asked Sep 30, 2012 at 14:19

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Positive estimator

asked Jun 21, 2012 at 15:39

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minimum of two probability densities

asked Sep 18, 2012 at 13:52

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Monte Carlo simulations

asked Dec 12, 2009 at 14:14

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initial condition of a diffusion approximation

asked May 8, 2010 at 23:01

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weak convergence in infinite dimensional spaces

asked May 10, 2010 at 16:00

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"birds on wire" type problem

asked Apr 7, 2012 at 15:10

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maximum variance unfolding

asked Jan 20, 2011 at 15:32

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a point process is characterized by its void probabilities

asked Sep 21, 2010 at 12:54

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Entropy of Markov processes

asked Apr 9, 2010 at 13:28

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scalar diffusions are reversible

asked Nov 7, 2010 at 23:47

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contraction property for conditioned SDEs

asked Oct 24, 2012 at 16:31

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iterated mutinomial and hitting time

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optimal coupling

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24 Questions

Examples where physical heuristics led to incorrect answers?

Brownian motion and spheres

Constructing Bernoulli random variables with prescribed correlation

connection between the Gaussian and the Cauchy distribution

Potts model simulation

Ising model on a cycle

comparing diffusions

Weighted Poincaré inequality

Exact simulation of SDE

how to sample a conditioned diffusion

Brownian motion inside a domain

Positive estimator

minimum of two probability densities

Monte Carlo simulations

initial condition of a diffusion approximation

weak convergence in infinite dimensional spaces

"birds on wire" type problem

maximum variance unfolding

a point process is characterized by its void probabilities

Entropy of Markov processes

scalar diffusions are reversible

contraction property for conditioned SDEs

iterated mutinomial and hitting time

optimal coupling