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The computation of a solution concept of a cooperative game usually depends on values of all coalitions. However, in some applications, values of some of the coalitions might be unknown due to various reasons. We introduce a method to…

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We propose efficient numerical algorithms for approximating statistical solutions of scalar conservation laws. The proposed algorithms combine finite volume spatio-temporal approximations with Monte Carlo and multi-level Monte Carlo…

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In basic computational physics classes, students often raise the question of how to compute a number that exceeds the numerical limit of the machine. While technique of avoiding overflow/underflow has practical application in the electrical…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Chih-Yueh Wang , Chen-Yang Yin , Hong-Yu Chen , Yung-Ko Chen

For numerical approximations to stochastic differential equations using the Euler-Maruyama scheme, we propose incorporating approximate random variables computed using low precisions, such as single and half precision. We propose and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-17 Oliver Sheridan-Methven , Michael Giles

The vast use of computers on scientific numerical computation makes the awareness of the limited precision that these machines are able to provide us an essential matter. A limited and insufficient precision allied to the truncation and…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2009-11-13 B. O. Rodrigues , L. A. C. P. da Mota , L. G. S. Duarte

Let $a>1$. Denote by $l_a(p)$ the multiplicative order of $a$ modulo $p$. We look for an estimate of sum of $\frac{l_a(p)}{p-1}$ over primes $p\leq x$ on average. When we average over $a\leq N$, we observe a statistic of $C\mathrm{Li}(x)$.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-10 Sungjin Kim

Indexing of static and dynamic sets is fundamental to a large set of applications such as information retrieval and caching. Denoting the characteristic vector of the set by B, we consider the problem of encoding sets and multisets to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-09-17 Ran Ben Basat , Seungbum Jo , Srinivasa Rao Satti , Shubham Ugare

Empirical game-theoretic analysis (EGTA) is primarily focused on learning the equilibria of simulation-based games. Recent approaches have tackled this problem by learning a uniform approximation of the game's utilities, and then applying…

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Real numbers from the interval [0, 1] are randomly selected with uniform distribution. There are $n$ of them and they are revealed one by one. However, we do not know their values but only their relative ranks. We want to stop on recently…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-30 Ewa M. Kubicka , Grzegorz Kubicki , Małgorzata Kuchta , Małgorzata Sulkowska

In this paper we present a two-term Machin-like formula for pi \[\frac{\pi}{4} = 2^{k - 1}\arctan\left(\frac{1}{u_1}\right) + \arctan\left(\frac{1}{u_2}\right)\] with small Lehmer's measure $e \approx 0.245319$ and describe iteration…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2017-07-28 S. M. Abrarov , B. M. Quine

In this study, we conducted an experiment to estimate $\pi$ using body-to-body and body-to-wall collisions. By geometrically analyzing the system's motion, we first review how the collision count corresponds to the digits of $\pi$. This…

General Physics · Physics 2025-10-17 Keiko I. Nagao , Yuga Sakano , Takashi Shinohara , Yuji Matsuda , Hisashi Takami

We propose a new algorithm for approximating the non-asymptotic second moment of the marginal likelihood estimate, or normalizing constant, provided by a particle filter. The computational cost of the new method is $O(M)$ per time step,…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-08-19 Svetoslav Kostov , Nick Whiteley

Locating proximal points is a component of numerous minimization algorithms. This work focuses on developing a method to find the proximal point of a convex function at a point, given an inexact oracle. Our method assumes that exact…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-03 Warren Hare , Chayne Planiden

We have investigated by molecular dynamics method the influence of a finite number of particles used in computer simulations on fluctuations of thermodynamic properties. As a case study, we used the two-dimensional Lennard-Jones system. 2D…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-03-05 M. V. Kondrin , Y. B. Lebed

The author gives the full list of his conjectures on series for powers of $\pi$ and other important constants scattered in some of his public papers or his private diaries. The list contains 234 reasonable conjectural series. On the list…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2014-12-30 Zhi-Wei Sun

The Sinc approximation is a function approximation formula that attains exponential convergence for rapidly decaying functions defined on the whole real axis. Even for other functions, the Sinc approximation works accurately when combined…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2022-03-04 Tomoaki Okayama

Statistical systems are conceived from the standpoint of statistical mechanics, as made of a (generally large) number of identical units and exhibiting a (generally large) number of different configurations (microstates), among which only…

General Physics · Physics 2017-06-21 R. Caimmi

In this article, we consider a simple representation for real numbers and propose top-down procedures to approximate various algebraic and transcendental operations with arbitrary precision. Detailed algorithms and proofs are provided to…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-09-22 Sarmen Keshishzadeh , Jan Friso Groote

Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) can be viewed as an analytic approximation of an intractable likelihood coupled with an elementary simulation step. Such a view, combined with a suitable instrumental prior distribution permits…

Methodology · Statistics 2013-01-04 F. J. Rubio , Adam M. Johansen

Probabilistic solvers for ordinary differential equations (ODEs) provide efficient quantification of numerical uncertainty associated with simulation of dynamical systems. Their convergence rates have been established by a growing body of…

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