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Asymptotic Learning Curve and Renormalizable Condition in Statistical Learning Theory
Bayes statistics and statistical physics have the common mathematical
structure, where the log likelihood function corresponds to the random
Hamiltonian. Recently, it was discovered that the asymptotic learning curves in
Bayes estimation are subject to a universal law, even if the log likelihood
function can not be approximated by any quadratic form. However, it is left
unknown what mathematical property ensures such a universal law. In this paper,
we define a renormalizable condition of the statistical estimation problem, and
show that, under such a condition, the asymptotic learning curves are ensured
to be subject to the universal law, even if the true distribution is
unrealizable and singular for a statistical model. Also we study a
nonrenormalizable case, in which the learning curves have the different
asymptotic behaviors from the universal law
Emotional Empathy as a Mechanism of Synchronisation in Child-Robot Interaction
Simulating emotional experience, emotional empathy is the fundamental ingredient of interpersonal communication. In the speaker-listener scenario, the speaker is always a child, the listener is a human or a toy robot. Two groups of neurotypical children aged 6 years on average composed the population: one Japanese (n = 20) and one French (n = 20). Revealing potential similarities in communicative exchanges in both groups when in contact with a human or a toy robot, the results might signify that emotional empathy requires the implication of an automatic identification. In this sense, emotional empathy might be considered a broad idiosyncrasy, a kind of synchronisation, offering the mind a peculiar form of communication. Our findings seem to be consistent with the assumption that childrenās brains would be constructed to simulate the feelings of others in order to ensure interpersonal synchronisation
Absence of the impurity-induced magnetic order in the electron-doped high-T_c_ cuprates Pr_0.86_LaCe_0.14_Cu_1-y_(Zn, Ni)_y_O_4_
Zero-field muon-spin-relaxation measurements have been carried out in order
to investigate the Zn- and Ni-substitution effects on the Cu-spin dynamics in
the electron-doped Pr_0.86_LaCe_0.14_Cu_1-y_(Zn, Ni)_y_O_4+\alpa-\delta_ with y
= 0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.05 and different values of the reduced oxygen content
\delta(\delta \le 0.09). For the samples with y = 0 and very small \delta
values of \delta < 0.01, a muon-spin precession due to the formation of a
long-range antiferromagnetic order has been observed at low temperatures below
\~ 5 K. For the moderately oxygen-reduced samples of 0.01 \le \delta \le 0.09,
on the contrary, no muon-spin precession has been observed and the temperature
dependence of the spectra is similar to one another regardless of the y value.
That is, no impurity-induced slowing down of the Cu-spin fluctuations has been
detected, which is very different from the results of the hole-doped high-T_c_
cuprates. The reason is discussed.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of ISS2004 (to be published in
Physica C
In-plane anisotropy on the transport properties in the modulated Bi_2O_2-based conductors Bi-2212 and Bi-Sr-Co-O
We investigated the in-plane anisotropy on the resistivity and thermopower of
the Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta} (Bi-2212) and Bi-Sr-Co-O (BiCo) single crystals.
In Bi-2212, the b-axis resistivity is higher than the a-axis resistivity, and
is expressed as a sum of the a-axis resistivity and an additional residual
resistivity. A downward deviation due to pseudogap is observed below a
characteristic temperature T^*, which is isotropic in the form of conductivity.
These results suggest that the modulation structure along the b-axis works as
an anisotropic scattering center, but does not affect the pseudogap formation.
On the other hand, the anisotropy of the resistivity and the thermopower in
Pb-doped BiCo is substantial, probably owing to the misfit structure between
the hexagonal CoO_2 layer and the rock salt Bi_2O_2 layer. However, the
anisotropy in the resistivity in Pb-free BiCo is very small, suggesting that
the in-plane anisotropy is averaged by the modulation structure, whose
direction is tilted by 45 deg from the a- and b-axes.Comment: 4pages 5 figures, Proceedings of ISS2001, Physica C (in press
Apparatus for timeāresolved measurements of acoustic birefringence in particle dispersions
An apparatus for timeāresolved measurements of the birefringence induced in a particle suspension by an acoustic wave pulse is described. Efficient acoustic coupling is obtained by operating near the transducer resonant frequency and by matching the acoustic impedances of the cell constituents. An almostāoverdamped acoustic configuration can alternatively be employed whenever a faster response is needed. Careful design of the optical setup and of the detection unit minimize diffraction and stressābirefringence parasitic effects and yields a good responsivity at fairly low acoustic intensities. A test of the apparatus on a colloidal suspension of PTFE rodlike particles is presented and discussed
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