Equation 3 · Part 2 · When Generation Becomes Free, Attention Becomes the Scarce Good
subscript
subscript
What this part means
The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
Its job in the formula
A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.
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The passage around this formula
An accounting identity makes the consequence visible. Let be the number of claims placed before some audience in period t , let be that audience’s total attention budget, and let be the average attention cost of verifying one claim. The number of claims that can be verified, and the fraction of what arrives that is actually checked, are then
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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