A conversation with Herman Chernoff

Philosophy, Art and Critique: A (short) conversation with the “other”

The article sketches a nexus between philosophy, art (poetry) and critique with a particular emphasis on the contribution of classical Muslim philosophers. At the same time, it demonstrates how luminaries such as Omar Khayyam and Ibn Sina, contributed to the renewal of philosophy as a freedom seeking exercise and as a means to pursue happiness through knowledge. In the second&nbs...

Herman Neuckermans

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Chernoff Bounds

If m = 2, i.e., P = (p, 1 − p) and Q = (q, 1 − q), we also write DKL(p‖q). The Kullback-Leibler divergence provides a measure of distance between the distributions P and Q: it represents the expected loss of efficiency if we encode an m-letter alphabet with distribution P with a code that is optimal for distribution Q. We can now state the general form of the Chernoff Bound: Theorem 1.1. Let X1...

4 Herman

Introduction In one important respect confronting the experts on a subject like terrorism is more difficult than on issues like fluoridation or nuclear power. On the latter topics, the public’s health and safety are clearly and directly at stake, its interest in rational inquiry is evident, and antior non-establishment experts or spokespersons, while at a serious disadvantage in reaching the pu...