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  • verb Present participle of discretize.

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  • To do requires finding some fundamental equations, then discretizing the entire Earth to a fine enough granularity.

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  • Now it is definitely true that Boltzmann developed a preference towards discretizing continuous variables, and would later apply this procedure more and more (although usually adding that this was fictitious and purely for purposes of illustration and more easy understanding).

    Boltzmann's Work in Statistical Physics Uffink, Jos 2004

  • Even though the exponential is a continuous distribution, you will approximate it by discretizing the packet size by rounding to the closest integral byte value.

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  • Even though the exponential is a continuous distribution, you will approximate it by discretizing the packet size by rounding to the closest integral byte value.

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  • by first modelling the continuous solutions of the large eddies and then discretizing it for a computer run you get an unsavory mix of modelling and numerical errors that are close to impossible to separate because all the “calibrations” are done with again … numerical methods .

    Exponential Growth in Physical Systems « Climate Audit 2007

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