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Equation 3 · Part 1 · How Verification Actually Works in a Claude Code Workflow

Symbol B

BB
BB

What this part means

B is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

Its job in the formula

B is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

The passage around this formula

Say check A independently has recall rAr_A against a real defect — the fraction of the time it would catch that class of problem if it ran — and check B has recall rBr_B . If the two checks fail for unrelated reasons, the chance a defect slips past both is the product of the chances it slips past each:

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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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