scholarly journals Lemaître's law and the spatial distributions of the cone photoreceptors in the retinas of vertebrates

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Beygi ◽  
Haralampos Hatzikirou
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Entropy ◽  
Spatial Distributions ◽  
Cone Photoreceptors ◽  
Principle Of Maximum Entropy ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Principle Of Maximum

By applying the principle of maximum entropy, we demonstrate the universality of the spatial distributions of the cone photoreceptors in the retinas of vertebrates. We obtain Lemaître's law as a special case of our formalism.

scholarly journals To Be or to Have Been Lucky, That Is the Question

Philosophies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Antony Lesage ◽  
Jean-Marc Victor
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Maximum Entropy ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Statistical Test ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Principle Of Maximum Entropy ◽  
Ex Ante ◽  
Social Opportunities ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Principle Of Maximum

Is it possible to measure the dispersion of ex ante chances (i.e., chances “before the event”) among people, be it gambling, health, or social opportunities? We explore this question and provide some tools, including a statistical test, to evidence the actual dispersion of ex ante chances in various areas, with a focus on chronic diseases. Using the principle of maximum entropy, we derive the distribution of the risk of becoming ill in the global population as well as in the population of affected people. We find that affected people are either at very low risk, like the overwhelming majority of the population, but still were unlucky to become ill, or are at extremely high risk and were bound to become ill.

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