`scipy.stats._continuous_distns:rayleigh_gen`

Signature

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

A Rayleigh continuous random variable.

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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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