Reactive scattering with row-orthonormal hyperspherical coordinates. 3. Hamiltonian and transformation properties for pentaatomic systems

The Hamiltonian for triatomic and tetraatomic systems in row-orthonormal hyperspherical coordinates has been derived previously. However, for pentaatomic systems this derivation requires nontrivial generalizations. These are presented in this paper, together with the corresponding Hamiltonian. Each of the twelve operators that contribute to this Hamiltonian is kinematic-rotation invariant. As for the triatomic and tetraatomic cases, these pentaatomic demcocratic coordinates are particularly well suited for calculations of reactive scattering in five atom systems

Imprecise Bayesianism and Global Belief Inertia

Traditional Bayesianism requires that an agent’s degrees of belief be represented by a real-valued, probabilistic credence function. However, in many cases it seems that our evidence is not rich enough to warrant such precision. In light of this, some have proposed that we instead represent an agent’s degrees of belief as a set of credence functions. This way, we can respect the evidence by requiring that the set, often called the agent’s credal state, includes all credence functions that are in some sense compatible with the evidence. One known problem for this evidentially motivated imprecise view is that in certain cases, our imprecise credence in a particular proposition will remain the same no matter how much evidence we receive. In this article I argue that the problem is much more general than has been appreciated so far, and that it’s difficult to avoid it without compromising the initial evidentialist motivation. _1_ Introduction _2_ Precision and Its Problems _3_ Imprecise Bayesianism and Respecting Ambiguous Evidence _4_ Local Belief Inertia _5_ From Local to Global Belief Inertia _6_ Responding to Global Belief Inertia _7_ Conclusio