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# Discounted return mathematical notation

Discounted return is a recurring research-paper notation family. Aggregates future rewards from a time step while geometrically downweighting rewards…

## Public overview

Discounted return is a recurring research-paper notation family. Aggregates future rewards from a time step while geometrically downweighting rewards that arrive farther in the future.

Discounted return: Aggregates future rewards from a time step while geometrically downweighting rewards that arrive farther in the future. Example: Add future rewards while counting distant ones according to gamma.

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