Thematic Coincidences

Remodified Bessel Functions via Coincidences and Near Coincidences

By considering a particular probabilistic scenario associated with coincidences, we are led to a family of functions akin to the modified Bessel function of the first kind. These are in turn solutions to a certain family of linear differential equations possessing structural similarities to the modified Bessel differential equation. The Stirling number triangle of the second kind arises quite n...

Causes , Coincidences , and Theories

Sequences , Patterns and Coincidences

This article provides a contemporary exposition at a moderately quantitative level of the distribution theory associated with sequences and patterns in iid multinomial trials, the birthday problem, and the matching problem. The section on patterns includes the classic distribution theory for waiting time for runs and more general patterns, and their means and moments. It also includes the centr...

Computing Modular Coincidences

Computing modular coincidences can show whether a given substitution system, which is supported on a point lattice in R d , consists of model sets or not. We prove the computatibility of this problem and determine an upper bound for the number of iterations needed. The main tool is a simple algorithm for computing modular coincidences, which is essentially a generalization of Dekking coincidenc...

From coincidences to discoveries 1 Running head: From coincidences to discoveries From mere coincidences to meaningful discoveries

People’s reactions to coincidences are often cited as an illustration of the irrationality of human reasoning about chance. We argue that coincidences may be better understood in terms of rational statistical inference, based on their functional role in processes of causal discovery and theory revision. We present a formal definition of coincidences in the context of a Bayesian framework for ca...