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Hybrid Retrieval with BM25 and Dense Embeddings

Lexical and semantic retrieval fail on opposite query distributions. Hybrid retrieval with reciprocal rank fusion does not interpolate, it votes - and the vote wins on every query class.

Visual edition planned

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It is part of the curriculum and will get the same treatment as Phase 1 — a visual cover, hands-on labs, derivations with numeric checks and a quiz. Until then, the original lesson is the best place to read it:

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