Symbol theta_i

Its job in the formula

thet$a_i$ 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

where $\theta_i$ is some unobservable underlying ability vector for model i , $g_b$ is the mapping from ability to expected score that is specific to benchmark b and not shared across benchmarks, $\delta_{i,b}$ is a contamination or leakage term specific to that model-benchmark pair, and $\varepsilon_{i,b}$ is sampling and decoding noise.

Learn the underlying idea

A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.

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