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function

scipy.stats._multivariate:vonmises_fisher_gen.pdf

source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/scipy/stats/_multivariate.py:7334

Signature

def pdf(self, x, mu = None, kappa = 1)

Summary

Von Mises-Fisher probability density function.

Parameters

x : array_like

Points at which to evaluate the probability density function. The last axis of x must correspond to unit vectors of the same dimensionality as the distribution.

mu : array_like

Mean direction of the distribution. Must be a one-dimensional unit vector of norm 1.

kappa : float

Concentration parameter. Must be positive.

Returns

pdf : ndarray or scalar

Probability density function evaluated at x.

Aliases

  • scipy.stats._multivariate.vonmises_fisher_gen.pdf