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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2008 iii Paper 47 5 b ii Solution by
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For the reverse centered polynomial birth move in reversible-jump sampling, recover from the current coefficient vector. Remove that highest-order coefficient and undo the intercept shift:No auxiliary random number is drawn for this death move: the removed coefficient supplies the auxiliary value needed to reconstruct the birth move. The reverse Jacobian determinant is also one. The inverse prediction change is , hence the residual in the lower-order model is .
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