Stochastic Stochastic (from the Greek στόχος for aim or guess) means random. A stochastic process is one whose behavior is non-deterministic, in that a system's subsequent state is determined both by the process's predictable actions and by a random element. However, according to M. Kac[1] and E. Nelson[2], any kind of time development (be it deterministic or essentially probabilistic) which is analyzable in terms of probability deserves the name of stochastic
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L’esprit de l’escalier
L’esprit de l’escalier
Usually translated as “staircase wit”, is the act of thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late to deliver it.
Usually translated as “staircase wit”, is the act of thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late to deliver it.
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absorbed in thought
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
- Victor Hugo
- Victor Hugo
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