The Modern Mathematics of Deep Learning

Unit noise second moment

Penguin learning project

The project uses 342 complete Palmer penguin records: 240 training-pool and 102 held-out rows. The selected training rows determine feature scaling and model parameters. Source CSV

This project trains weights with softmax, unlike the homepage lab, which uses nearest species averages. Same penguin measurements; different classification methods. Predictions can differ.

Probability and expectation · Describe random variables and their averages under a law.

Project vectors have two features; the training matrix has n rows and two columns. Mathematical tools may operate on these values when their assumptions apply.

Consider this concept alongside the project; its source assumptions may differ. These observations do not prove a theorem.

Input: 12 × 2; Held-out evaluation: 102 · #58 · 40.6 mm, 193 mm. Known answer: Adélie; Prediction: Adélie · [≈0.7383, ≈0.2444, ≈0.01737].

Used in these source sections: 2.4 A second descent

The assumption E[ν²] = 1 gives the noise a unit second moment.

The second moment affects the regression variance.

Source formula example

{\mathbbm{E}}[\nu^{2}]=1

illustration · This exact finite distribution is an example of unit second moment, not the general noise law.

Symbols

$ν$: A centered noise variable.
$E[ν²]$: The expected squared noise.

Source formula example

This source example uses its own inputs and assumptions. Editing it does not change the project.

Edit a value or the code, then run the example. This is a finite demonstration, not a proof of the paper’s theorem.

This example’s data flow

Initial values in code

values = [-1, 1]
probabilities = [0.5, 0.5]

Calculated here

Result expression: { values, secondMoment: values.reduce((s, v, i) => s + v * v * probabilities[i], 0), }

Returns

Example result

values: array (2 items): [-1, 1]
secondMoment: 1

JavaScript

Read numbers from input and return the result. JavaScript basics.

Result

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Technical statement

The numerical values are invented. This exact finite distribution is an example of unit second moment, not the general noise law.

Source: Inline notation