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The linear Boltzmann equation for elastic and/or inelastic scattering is applied to derive the distribution function of a spatially homogeneous system of charged particles spreading in a host medium of two-level atoms and subjected to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Rossani , A. M. Scarfone

These lecture notes introduce some topics of classical statistical physics, particularly those that are relevant for neural networks and deep learning. Statistical physics is treated as a branch of probability theory or statistics, with the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-05-12 Olaf Hohm

Two closely related discrete probability distributions are introduced. In each case the support is a set of vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$ obtained from the partitions of the fixed positive integer $n$. These distributions arise naturally when…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-09 Andrew V. Sills

A universal and rigorous ensemble framework for nonequilibrium system remains lacking. Here, we provide a concise framework for the generalized ensemble theory of nonequilibrium discrete systems using matrix-based approach. By introducing…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-08 Shaohua Guan

The computation of two Bayesian predictive distributions which are discrete mixtures of incomplete beta functions is considered. The number of iterations can easily become large for these distributions and thus, the accuracy of the result…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2007-06-13 Jacques Poitevineau , Bruno Lecoutre

We define the notion of "diffusion algebras". They are quadratic Poincare-Birkhoff-Witt (PBW) algebras which are useful in order to find exact expressions for the probability distributions of stationary states appearing in one-dimensional…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. P. Isaev , P. N. Pyatov , V. Rittenberg

Randomness is viewed through an analogy between a physical quantity, density of gas, and a mathematical construct -- probability density. Boltzmann's deduction of equilibrium distribution of ideal gas placed in an external potential field…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-08-27 M. Grendar, , M. Grendar

Negative probabilities arise primarily in physics, statistical quantum mechanics and quantum computing. Negative probabilities arise as mixing distributions of unobserved latent variables in Bayesian modeling. Our goal is to provide a link…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Nick Polson , Vadim Sokolov

We study the asymptotic equidistribution of points with discrete energy close to Robin's constant of a compact set in the plane. Our main tools are the energy estimates from potential theory. We also consider the quantitative aspects of…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2013-07-24 Igor E. Pritsker

We present a novel theoretical result that generalises the Discriminative Restricted Boltzmann Machine (DRBM). While originally the DRBM was defined assuming the {0, 1}-Bernoulli distribution in each of its hidden units, this result makes…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-04-08 Srikanth Cherla , Son N Tran , Tillman Weyde , Artur d'Avila Garcez

Boltzmann machines are undirected graphical models with two-state stochastic variables, in which the logarithms of the clique potentials are quadratic functions of the node states. They have been widely studied in the neural computing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2013-02-01 Neil D. Lawrence , Christopher M. Bishop , Michael I. Jordan

In this second part of our survey on the social and natural distributions, we investigate some models, which intend to explain the statistical regularity of the natural and social distributions. There is a large variety of models and in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-07-05 L. Benguigui , M. Marinov

Study of charged particle multiplicity distribution in high energy interactions of particles helps in revealing the dynamics of particle production and the underlying statistical patterns, which these distributions follow. Several…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-30 R. Aggarwal , M. Kaur

Lattice Boltzmann models are briefly introduced together with references to methods used to predict their ability for simulations of systems described by partial differential equations that are first order in time and low order in space…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-15 Pierre Lallemand , François Dubois , Li-shi Luo

This is an expository article on the Poisson binomial distribution. We review lesser known results and recent progress on this topic, including geometry of polynomials and distribution learning. We also provide examples to illustrate the…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-08-28 Wenpin Tang , Fengmin Tang

The paper demonstrates that the canonical probability distribution of the occupancy numbers of a bosonic system is multinomial, and shows how the thermodynamics of the canonical system descends from this distribution. The categorical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-25 Arnaldo Spalvieri

The evaluation of the number of ways we can distribute energy among a collection of particles in a system is important in many branches of modern science. In particular, in multiparticle production processes the measurements of particle…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-05 Maciej Rybczyński , Zbigniew Włodarczyk

Exponential distributions appear in a wide range of applications including chemistry, nuclear physics, time series analyses, and stock market trends. There are conceivable circumstances in which one would be interested in the cumulative…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2018-03-23 Cecilia Chirenti , M. Coleman Miller

We examine a generalization of the binomial distribution associated with a strictly increasing sequence of numbers and we prove its Poisson-like limit. Such generalizations might be found in quantum optics with imperfect detection. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 E. M. F. Curado , J. P. Gazeau , Ligia M. C. S. Rodrigues

The additive energy plays a central role in combinatorial number theory. We show an uncertainty inequality which indicates how the additive energy of support of a Boolean function, its degree and subcube partition are related.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-09-23 Norbert Hegyvari