## LaTeX search

When visiting Springer site, I spotted a window advertising LaTeX Search. This is a webpage that produces (Springer published) papers involving the LaTeX code entered by the user. The idea is nice. However, given the number of ways one can type a LaTeX command, (and the limited number of LaTeX “snippets” available, a modest 3 millions…), I wonder about the final utility of this (free) product! For instance, when typing

\pi(\theta|x_1,\ldots,x_n) \propto \pi(\theta)


I could not find any relevant document. Even

\pi(\theta|x_1,\ldots,x_n) \propto \pi(\theta)


did not show an exact equivalence. Even though Bayes’ formula eventually showed up

\pi(\theta|{\mathbf{x}}) = \frac{\pi(\theta)L(\theta|{\mathbf{x}})}
{\int_{\Uptheta} \pi(\theta)L(\theta|{\mathbf{x}}) \hbox{d}\theta}
\propto \pi(\theta)L(\theta|{\mathbf{x}})


I therefore remain unconvinced by the relevance of the concept! Unless one looks for a very specific and concise object.

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