Equation 3 · Part 1 · Evaluating Trajectories, Not Answers
Symbol p
What this part means
the probability.
Its job in the formula
p is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Full expression→Symbol p→Article meaning
Where the article explains it
If a run costs on average and succeeds with probability p , and the operator simply retries until success, the expected spend to first success is
The passage around this formula
There is also a structural reason cost cannot be separated from reliability. If a run costs on average and succeeds with probability p , and the operator simply retries until success, the expected spend to first success is
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A variable is a named place for a value. Its letter is a local label: x can mean position in one formula and a data point in another.
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