statistics-0.13.2.3: A library of statistical types, data, and functions

Copyright(c) 2011 Aleksey Khudyakov
LicenseBSD3
Maintainerbos@serpentine.com
Stabilityexperimental
Portabilityportable
Safe HaskellNone
LanguageHaskell98

Statistics.Distribution.CauchyLorentz

Contents

Description

The Cauchy-Lorentz distribution. It's also known as Lorentz distribution or Breit–Wigner distribution.

It doesn't have mean and variance.

Synopsis

Documentation

cauchyDistribMedian :: CauchyDistribution -> Double

Central value of Cauchy-Lorentz distribution which is its mode and median. Distribution doesn't have mean so function is named after median.

cauchyDistribScale :: CauchyDistribution -> Double

Scale parameter of Cauchy-Lorentz distribution. It's different from variance and specify half width at half maximum (HWHM).

Constructors

cauchyDistribution

Arguments

:: Double

Central point

-> Double

Scale parameter (FWHM)

-> CauchyDistribution 

Cauchy distribution