Symmetry, Invariance and Ontology in Physics and Statistics

This paper has three main objectives: (a) Discuss the formal analogy between some important symmetry-invariance arguments used in physics, probability and statistics. Specifically, we will focus on Noether’s theorem in physics, the maximum entropy principle in probability theory, and de Finetti-type...

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Main Author: Julio Michael Stern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-09-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/3/3/611/