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Enjoying the article. Looks like there's a math typo at the tail of the "Precision Bound" section: $$ \log\left(\frac{x e}{n}\right) \leq \frac{1}{n}\log(\
by xelxebar 6y ago
Enjoying the article. Looks like there's a math typo at the tail of the "Precision Bound" section:
$$ \log\left(\frac{x e}{n}\right) \leq \frac{1}{n}\log(\eta) $$
is not equivalent to
$$ \frac{xe}{n} \leq \eta^{-n} $$
The latter should be
$$ \frac{xe}{n} \leq \eta^{1/n} $$
and the "$x^{-n}$" in the following paragraph should be changed accordingly.
Certainly understandable flub, though. Working with logarithms, it's easy to mix up minus sign vs. 1/n conversions.
- fractionalhare 6y agoNice catch, thank you. I'll edit that and credit your comments in the errata :)