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2026

The Wobbly Table Theorem original ↗

31 Mar 2026

Interactive KL Divergence Fitting original ↗

13 Mar 2026

2021

Fast Rank-One Updates to Matrix Inverse?original ↗

25 Mar 2021

On the Distribution of the Smallest Indices original ↗

20 Mar 2021

On the Distribution Functions of Order Statistics original ↗

18 Mar 2021

2020

Animation of the Inverse Transform Method original ↗

30 Jun 2020

Generating Truncated Random Variates original ↗

30 Jun 2020

2019

Algorithms for Sampling Without Replacement original ↗

16 Sept 2019

The Restart Acceleration Trick: A Cure for the Heavy Tail of Wasted Time original ↗

6 Sept 2019

Faster Reservoir Sampling by Waiting original ↗

11 Jun 2019

The Likelihood-Ratio Gradient original ↗

20 Apr 2019

Steepest Ascent original ↗

19 Apr 2019

2018

Black-Box Optimization original ↗

16 Mar 2018

2017

Backprop Is Not Just the Chain Rule original ↗

18 Aug 2017

Estimating Means in a Finite Universe original ↗

3 Jul 2017

How to Test Gradient Implementations original ↗

21 Apr 2017

2016

Counterfactual Reasoning and Learning from Logged Data original ↗

19 Dec 2016

Heaps for Incremental Computation original ↗

21 Nov 2016

Reversing a Sequence with Sublinear Space original ↗

1 Oct 2016

Evaluating ∇f(x) Is as Fast as f(x)original ↗

25 Sept 2016