Random-number functions and CALL routines generate streams of random numbers from an initial starting point, called a seed, that either the user or the computer clock supplies. A seed must be a ...

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This paper contains inequalities for the expectations of permutation-invariant concave functions and Schur-concave functions of the partial sums of nonnegative exchangeable random variables. Two ...

Ivan Bajic (ibajic at ensc.sfu.ca) Office hours: Monday and Wednesday, 13:00-14:00 online (Zoom, see the link in course materials) Introduction to the theories of probability and random variables, and ...

This Chalk Talk highlights applications of a discrete Gaussian in various areas, following a 2025 paper by Chinta, Jorgenson, Karlsson, and Smajlović. The topics include heat diffusion, Bessel ...