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Normalizing Flow

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Use a series of parametrized differentiable + invertible functions to transform simple distributions to complex ones.

Norman: An Epic Tale in N Parts

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Foreword

Hi there, internet traveler.

The time is 2015/2016, I was either in 5th or 6th grade. At that time, I was barely beginning to be actually comfortable using the language of English.

One of the ways I practiced English, which is also a habit I continue to do today, is to write. I write mostly expository prose now, but, back then, shining with childish naïvete, I decided to write a multi-part story as a means of practicing English.

NP intersect coNP

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\(\text{NP} \cap \text{coNP}: \forall x \in \qty {0,1}^{*}, \exists\) short, efficiently checkable proof of BOTH \(x\) presence/absence in \(L\)

some examples

NSM Proposal

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“Doing NSM analysis is a demanding process and there is no mechanical procedure for it. Published explications have often been through a dozen or more iterations over several months” — (Heine, Narrog, and Goddard 2015)

Approach and XD

Introduction and Theory

The Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach (Wierzbicka 1974) is a long-standing hypothetical theory in structural semantics which claims that all human languages share a common set of primitive lexical units—usually words, but, in some languages, short connected phrases—through which all other words in each language can be defined.