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so a convolution is simply a method to calculate a total likelihood? why do we say convolution instead of total likelihood, which is so much more to the point

by platz 8y ago

so a convolution is simply a method to calculate a total likelihood? why do we say convolution instead of total likelihood, which is so much more to the point the goal that is trying to be achieved?

nitrogen 8y ago
Convolution is a tool with many applications, so naming it for just one of those applications would make it harder to see its usefulness in the others