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Explanation of Equation 14.7 #27

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loryruta opened this issue Jun 22, 2024 · 0 comments
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Explanation of Equation 14.7 #27

loryruta opened this issue Jun 22, 2024 · 0 comments

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I'm going through Chapter 14 (The Equation of Transfer).

I don't understand how, in Equation 14.7, the "Medium term" is simplified to only Ln.

Starting from:

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My understanding is that we choose q to be equal to T_maj, so that the "Surface term" becomes only Lo.

The second term's estimator is this:

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that if we properly sample t' according to p(t) = sigma_t * T_maj, it becomes just:

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So my question is: isn't L_n missing the denominator 1 - q i.e. 1 - T_maj? Otherwise I don't understand how it gets simplified.

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P.S.: I'm not sure this is the ideal place to ask such questions...

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