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Optimal prediction and the Klein-Gordon equation
The method of optimal prediction is applied to calculate the future means of
solutions to the Klein-Gordon equation. It is shown that in an appropriate
probability space, the difference between the average of all solutions that
satisfy certain constraints at time t=0, and the average computed by an
approximate method, is small with high probability.Comment: 18 page
Inverse eigenvalue problems for Jacobi matrices
AbstractIt is proved that a real symmetric tridiagonal matrix with positive codiagonal elements is uniquely determined by its eigenvalues and the eigenvalues of the largest leading principal submatrix, and can be constructed from these data. The matrix depends continuously on the data, but because of rounding errors the investigated algorithm might in practice break down for large matrices
An ERP study of anaphor resolution with focused and non-focused antecedents
The goal of this study is to better understand when (and why) the combination of semantic overlap between antecedent and anaphor and antecedent focus leads to difficulty in anaphor processing. To investigate these questions, three ERP experiments manipulating semantic overlap and focus compared the ERPs from the onset of the anaphor as well as from the onset of the last word in the sentence containing the anaphor. Our results suggest that although the focus status of an antecedent and the semantic overlap between the antecedent and anaphor are important, these factors are not the only significant contributors to online anaphor resolution. Factors such as readersâ expectations about thematic shifts also influence the processing. We consider our results in relation to two accounts of anaphor resolution, the Informational Load Hypothesis (Almor, 1999; Almor & Eimas, 2008) and JANUS (Garnham & Cowles, 2008)
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