`scipy.stats._continuous_distns:cauchy_gen`

Signature

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

A Cauchy continuous random variable.

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The probability density function for cauchy is

f (x) = \frac{1}{π ( 1 + x ^{2} )}

for a real number $x$ .

This distribution uses routines from the Boost Math C++ library for the computation of the ppf and isf methods. ^[1]

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