Equation 18 · Part 3 · The Type Chart Is a Payoff Matrix, and the Metagame Only Half-Solves It
Symbol q
What this part means
q is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.
Its job in the formula
q is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.
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The passage around this formula
Scoring the fit with Kullback–Leibler divergence, = , from the observed August distribution to each candidate: the solved game scores 10.15 bits, the uniform null scores 0.045 bits, and July’s raw persistence scores 0.00068 bits. On a chi-square test against the eight species’ actual August battle counts (summing to…
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