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I'm talking specifically about probability theory. I was reading some stuff about probabilistic graphical models, and they kept switching the notation in this book, but I couldn't discern the difference by context.

One possible hypothesis is that they are subtly different, e.g., $P$ is a probability measure, while $\Pr$ is an unnormalized probability measure (or something; I really have no idea).

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If there's a difference, your book should mention it. Did you look at the beginning of the book? – Graphth May 11 '12 at 20:55
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Well, the notational difference is that one has an $r$ and the other doesn't ... – Neal May 11 '12 at 20:59
I would guess sloppy writing, or at best, poor choice of symbols. – copper.hat May 11 '12 at 21:18
@Graphth, sure did! They didn't mention the difference. – apc May 11 '12 at 21:25
Which book is that? – Did May 13 '12 at 10:01
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