Merge pull request #407 from hyanwong/vgamma-default

Start describing the rescaling step
tskit-dev · Jun 10, 2024 · 7ed89a6 · 7ed89a6
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 #### Rescaling
 
-TODO: briefly describe the rescaling step. Could also link to [the population size docs](sec_popsize)
+The `variational_gamma` method implements a step that we call *rescaling*, which can account for
+the effects of variable population sizes though time.
+
+TODO: describe the rescaling step in more detail. Could also link to [the population size docs](sec_popsize)
+
+
 
 (sec_methods_discrete_time)=