Equation 5 · Part 4 · From Autocomplete to Delegation: The Technical History Behind OpenAI Codex
superscript
superscript
What this part means
A raised number can be a power. When it is a label or bound, it selects a case or the upper limit of a sum; the formula’s structure distinguishes these uses.
Its job in the formula
A raised mark can be a power or an index. Its position and the surrounding notation determine which.
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The passage around this formula
The sampling result made the search interpretation explicit. If independent candidates have success probability p , the chance of at least one success among k is . Real samples are not independent and the paper used estimators appropriate to its setup, but the conceptual point holds: model probability plus an evaluator can search a program space. Without a reliable selector, many candidates become review burden.
Learn the underlying idea
An exponent tells how a base is used in multiplication. In x³, x is the base and 3 is the exponent: x³ = x × x × x.
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