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math.RT2006★ 2 cited
Supercharacter formulas for pattern groups
Persi Diaconis, Nathaniel Thiem
C. Andre and N. Yan introduced the idea of a supercharacter theory to give a tractable substitute for character theory in wild groups such as the unipotent uppertriangular group $U…
math.ST2006★ 72 cited
Bayesian analysis for reversible Markov chains
Persi Diaconis, Silke W. W. Rolles
We introduce a natural conjugate prior for the transition matrix of a reversible Markov chain. This allows estimation and testing. The prior arises from random walk with reinforcem…