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The Heat theorem reveals the second law of equilibrium Thermodynamics (i.e.existence of Entropy) as a manifestation of a general property of Hamiltonian Mechanics and of the Ergodic Hypothesis, valid for 1 as well as $10^{23}$ degrees of…

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Classical statistical inference and learning theory often fail to explain the success of modern neural networks. A key reason is that these models are non-identifiable (singular), violating core assumptions behind PAC bounds and asymptotic…

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The singularity of specific heat ($C_p$) and related properties (viz. thermal expansion coefficient, compressibility and pressure coefficient) of liquid $^4He$ at $\lambda-$point is studied and the accuracy of its logarithmic nature as…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-07-09 Simanta C. , Yatendra S. Jain

A Poisson mixture is one of the practically important models in computer science, biology, and sociology. However, the theoretical property has not been studied because the posterior distribution can not be approximated by any normal…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-01 Kenichiro Sato , Sumio Watanabe

From the sampling of data to the initialisation of parameters, randomness is ubiquitous in modern Machine Learning practice. Understanding the statistical fluctuations engendered by the different sources of randomness in prediction is…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-10-03 Bruno Loureiro , Cédric Gerbelot , Maria Refinetti , Gabriele Sicuro , Florent Krzakala

By adopting a $T$-matrix based method within $G_0G$ approximation for the pair susceptibility, we studied the effects of pairing fluctuation on the BCS-BEC crossover in symmetric nuclear matter. The pairing fluctuation induces a pseudogap…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-13 Xu-Guang Huang

We consider heat fluctuations and fluctuation theorems for systems driven by multiple reservoirs. We establish a fundamental symmetry obeyed by the joint probability distribution for the heat transfers and system coordinates. The symmetry…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-10-03 Hans C. Fogedby , Alberto Imparato

Bayesian inference provides a principled probabilistic framework for quantifying uncertainty by updating beliefs based on prior knowledge and observed data through Bayes' theorem. In Bayesian deep learning, neural network weights are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Yijie Zhang

Recent experimental results: (i) the measurement of the $T \ln T$ specific heat in cuprates and the earlier such results in some heavy fermion compounds, (ii) the measurement of the single-particle scattering rates, (iii) the density…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-15 Chandra M. Varma

We argue that specific fluctuations observed in high-energy nuclear collisions can be attributed to intrinsic fluctuations of temperature of the hadronizing system formed in such processes and therefore can be described by the same…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-11-28 Grzegorz Wilk , Zbigniew Wlodarczyk

The relationships between reversible Carnot cycles, the absence of perpetual motion machines and the existence of a non-decreasing, globally unique entropy function forms the starting point of many textbook presentations of the foundations…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 O. J. E. Maroney

Heat fluctuations over a time \tau in a non-equilibrium stationary state and in a transient state are studied for a simple system with deterministic and stochastic components: a Brownian particle dragged through a fluid by a harmonic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. van Zon , E. G. D. Cohen

Fluctuating hydrodynamics is used to describe the total energy fluctuations of a freely evolving gas of inelastic hard spheres near the threshold of the clustering instability. They are shown to be governed by vorticity fluctuations only,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Javier Brey , A. Dominguez , M. I. Garcia de Soria , P. Maynar

We study the dynamics of the fluctuations of the variance $s$ of the order parameter of the Gaussian model, following a temperature quench of the thermal bath. At each time $t$, there is a critical value $s_c(t)$ of $s$ such that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-11 Federico Corberi , Onofrio Mazzarisi , Andrea Gambassi

The Trajectory Class Fluctuation Theorem (TCFT) substantially strengthens the Second Law of Thermodynamics -- that, in point of fact, can be a rather weak bound on resource fluxes. Practically, it improves empirical estimates of free…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-30 Gregory Wimsatt , Alexander B. Boyd , James P. Crutchfield

Fluctuation Theorems are statements about the entropy of systems far from thermal equilibrium. In this Letter relativistic Fluctuation Theorems for Brownian motion are presented and proven. Though there is a known discretization dilemma…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Axel Fingerle

Recent advances have clarified theoretical learning accuracy in Bayesian inference, revealing that the asymptotic behavior of metrics such as generalization loss and free energy, assessing predictive accuracy, is dictated by a rational…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-26 Yuki Kurumadani

This work investigates how a conical singularity can affect the specific heat of systems. A free nonrelativistic particle confined to the lateral surface of a cone -- conical box -- is taken as a toy model. Its specific heat is determined…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-27 E. S. Moreira, , E. S. Oliveira

The log canonical threshold (lct) is a fundamental invariant in birational geometry, essential for understanding the complexity of singularities in algebraic varieties. Its real counterpart, the real log canonical threshold (rlct), also…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Dimitra Kosta , Daniel Windisch

The widely applicable Bayesian information criterion (WBIC) is a simple and fast approximation to the model evidence that has received little practical consideration. WBIC uses the fact that the log evidence can be written as an…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-04-29 N. Friel , J. P. McKeone , C. J. Oates , A. N. Pettitt