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Equation 3 · Part 1 · Evaluating Trajectories, Not Answers

Symbol p

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pp

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.

Where the article explains it

If a run costs cˉ\bar{c} 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 cˉ\bar{c} 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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