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arXiv:2407.07909 (math)
[Submitted on 2 Jul 2024]

Title:Fitting an Elephant with Four non-Zero Parameters

Authors:Dian Jin, Junze Yuan
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    Abstract:In 1953, Enrico Fermi criticized Dyson's model by
    quoting Johnny von Neumann: "With four parameters I can fit an
    elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk." So far,
    there have been several attempts to fit an elephant using four
    parameters, but as the problem has not been well-defined, the
    current methods do not completely satisfy the requirements. This
    paper defines the problem and presents an attempt.

Subjects: History and Overview (math.HO)
Cite as:  arXiv:2407.07909 [math.HO]
          (or arXiv:2407.07909v1 [math.HO] for this version)
          https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.07909
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From: Dian Jin [view email]
[v1] Tue, 2 Jul 2024 01:37:22 UTC (197 KB)
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