`scipy.stats._continuous_distns:rayleigh_gen`

source: /scipy/stats/_continuous_distns.py :9058

Signature

   class     rayleigh_gen (    momtype    =  1   ,    a    =  None   ,    b    =  None   ,    xtol    =  1e-14   ,    badvalue    =  None   ,    name    =  None   ,    longname    =  None   ,    shapes    =  None   ,    seed    =  None     )

Members

_cdf
_entropy
_isf
_logpdf
_logsf
_pdf
_ppf
_rvs
_sf
_shape_info
_stats
fit

Summary

A Rayleigh continuous random variable.

Extended Summary

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Notes

The probability density function for rayleigh is:

f (x) = x exp (- x^{2} /2)

for $x \geq 0$ .

rayleigh is a special case of chi with df=2.

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Aliases

scipy.stats._continuous_distns.rayleigh_gen