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Serious probability calculations are usually best made in log-space, turning multiplication into addition.

• srean 7y ago
  Indeed -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_semiring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_semiring
  • taneq 7y ago
    See this is why we keep you maths people around. Sometimes all that abstract wizardry is really useful! :)
    • srean 7y ago
      I just hope that wasn't bitter sarcasm. I think this would have been a more relevant link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LogSumExp#log-sum-exp_trick_for_log-domain_calculations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LogSumExp#log-sum-exp_trick_fo...