 and set it aside, keeping
what’s left.</li>
<li>Next, break a piece off what’s left, label it <span class="math inline">\(x_2\)</span>, and set it
aside, keeping what’s left.</li>
<li>Continue breaking off pieces of what’s left, labeling them, and
setting them aside for pieces <span class="math inline">\(x_3,\ldots,x_{K-1}\)</span>.</li>
<li>Label what’s left <span class="math inline">\(x_K\)</span>.</li>
</ol>
<p>The resulting vector <span class="math inline">\(x = [x_1,\ldots,x_{K}]^{\top}\)</s