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Equation 4 · Part 1 · Why the Physical World Is Harder

Symbol f

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ff

What this part means

the frequency.

Its job in the formula

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

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A closed-loop controller running at frequency f must complete sensing, computation and actuation within one cycle:

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Language models became substantially more capable by thinking for longer at inference time. That option is bounded on a robot, and the bound is not a matter of taste. A closed-loop controller running at frequency f must complete sensing, computation and actuation within one cycle:

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