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Abstract In this talk, we present the teleportation algorithm and the Markov chain importance sampling algorithm. These two algorithms share the common principle of obtaining a chain targeting a given distribution from a simple transformation of a Markov …

We now consider the generation of new data by sampling a probability distribution whose density is known. Sampling a probability distribution can be achieved with a deterministic but chaotic dynamical system, whose probability distribution is an invariant …

Abstract In this second   part of the lecture, the aim is to chronologically trace the history of power through the prism of the languages of love. In the 11th-12th   centuries, political friendship was reformulated in a more affective way. Occitan …

Abstract In "   Le Charmeur de serpents   ", written in 1954, Varlam Chalamov refers to a practice that took place in Siberian camps at the time of the Stalinist purges: that of an educated detainee telling thrilling stories to the camp leaders. This …

Documents and media Download support Abstract As Bachelard reminded us, the written word has a particular power that oral communication does not have  : it enables us to fix states. This is particularly true for children, who form and crystallize around …

Abstract Recent experiments and theory have shown that chromatin is organized as a polymer in a poor solvent in the nucleus, with a tendency to phase separate when the nucleus is hydrated. This downgrades the role of chromatin in nuclear volume …

Abstract At the dawn of the French Revolution, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen posed a fundamental and irreducible tension between the proclamation of the natural rights of mankind and the affirmation of the rights of the French …

Documents and media Download support Download lecture notes References Amanda A. Amodeo and Jan M. Skotheim, "Cell-Size Control," Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 8:a019083 (2016). Leigh K. Harris and Julie A. Theriot, "Relative Rates of Surface and Volume …

Abstract Natural species terms (" Tiger ", " Beech ", " Gold ", etc.) are the subject of debate : are they descriptive terms that express characteristics of the objects falling within their extension, or do they function rather as names that designate …

Abstract The element fluorine is omnipresent in both secondary and primary batteries, in salt or electrolyte additives, separators, electrode formulation binders or anode or cathode materials. By way of example, LiPF6 and NaPF6 are used as salt, …

Abstract Brentano invokes single-term judgments (" il y a de la neige ", " il pleut "), to refute the Aristotelian view that all judgments have the subject/predicate structure. Single-term judgements affirm (or deny) the reality of something ; they are …

Abstract The planetary formation process begins with the appearance of a population of planetesimals. Collisions between these planetesimals gradually lead to the formation of increasingly massive objects, known as protoplanets. These objects can also …

Abstract In response to anthropogenic climate change, species migrate towards the poles and summits, while communities are enriched with more thermophilic species or become poorer in cryophilic species (cf. community thermophilization process). In my …

Abstract Alongside pollinators, plant communities are also changing, in response to a variety of human-induced pressures : changes in land use causing the local disappearance of species specializing in certain habitats, nitrate and biocide pollution …

Abstract The origins of our minds are an enduring puzzle-- what parts of what we know require learning, and what emerges in the absence of specific experience? Questions about how nature and nurture contribute to human knowledge have been productive in …

Perception of Quadrilaterals: A Human Singularity for Geometry Abstract How can we experimentally test the hypothesis of a language of geometry and its specificity to the human species ? A series of experiments, the subject of Mathias Sablé-Meyer's …

Abstract The Infancy Gospel according to Thomas is an early Christian apocryphal text that recounts the miracles of Jesus as a child, in the style of biblical fan fiction . A best-seller in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, the story was transmitted in …