Yuri introduces diffusion foundations and covers "Feynman-Kac Correctors"

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\# Yuri gives an intro to diffusion foundations and covers "Feynman\-Kac Correctors in Diffusion" This Thursday we will be studying “Feynman-Kac Correctors in Diffusion: Annealing, Guidance, and Product of Experts” https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.02819 The following sections are recommended for reading: Section 2 (recommended): diffusion background although the rubrics will be introduced in the primary tutorial Section 3,4: The crux of the new method Section 5: Optional empirical study Other publications worth a review given time Diffusion DDPM: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.11239 Classifier Guidance: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.05233 Classifier free guidance https://arxiv.org/pdf/2207.12598 Yuri is the author of https://thevariationalbook.com/