Special Function Invocation
O Hive Mind, o Lazy Web, Urania's child, I invoke thee! Is there a name
for the function
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f_n(\theta) = \sum_{k=0}^{n}{{n \choose k} \theta^k {(1-\theta)}^{n-k} \log{k!}}
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i.e., for ![$ \mathbb{E}[\log{X!}] $](../sloth/604_2.gif)
when X is binomially distributed?
Posted by crshalizi at March 22, 2009 21:52 | permanent link
O Hive Mind, o Lazy Web, Urania's child, I invoke thee! Is there a name
for the function
i.e., for when X is binomially distributed?
Posted by crshalizi at March 22, 2009 21:52 | permanent link