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    In mathematics, a degenerate distribution (sometimes also Dirac distribution) is, according to some, a probability distribution in a space with support...
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  • In mathematics, a degenerate case is a limiting case of a class of objects which appears to be qualitatively different from (and usually simpler than)...
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  • experiments with heterogeneity in the success probability. The degenerate distribution at x0, where X is certain to take the value x0. This does not look...
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  • Degenerate matter occurs when the Pauli exclusion principle significantly alters a state of matter at low temperature. The term is used in astrophysics...
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  • distribution is a degenerate distribution, corresponding to the value zero. However, the most usual sense in which the term asymptotic distribution is...
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  • Degeneracy (redirect from Degenerate)
    degeneracy, degenerate, or degenerative in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Degeneracy, degenerate, or degeneration may refer to: Degenerate (album), a...
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    right end, x = 1. For these limit ratios, the beta distribution becomes a one-point degenerate distribution with a Dirac delta function spike at the right...
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  • of ratio distributions, in which the numerator random variable has a degenerate distribution. In general, given the probability distribution of a random...
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    "Pareto–Lévy distributions", which he regarded as better descriptions of stock and commodity prices than normal distributions. A non-degenerate distribution is...
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    distribution. Just as de Moivre and Laplace sought for and found the normal approximation to the binomial, Pearson sought for and found a degenerate multivariate...
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    uniform distribution Beta distribution Box–Muller transform Probability plot Q–Q plot Rectangular function Irwin–Hall distribution — In the degenerate case...
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    In quantum mechanics, an energy level is degenerate if it corresponds to two or more different measurable states of a quantum system. Conversely, two or...
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  • given that N = 0 is a degenerate distribution. The compound Poisson distribution is obtained by marginalising the joint distribution of (Y,N) over N, and...
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    Heaviside step function (category Schwartz distributions)
    {1} _{[0,\infty )}(x).} The corresponding probability distribution is the degenerate distribution. H(0) = 0 is used when H needs to be left-continuous...
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  • following probability distributions are all considered special cases of a continuous phase-type distribution: Degenerate distribution, point mass at zero...
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  • single point, the degenerate distribution defined by the Dirac delta function). In the case of multivariate Dirichlet distributions, there is some confusion...
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    strictly convex, e.g. when it is a straight line, or when X follows a degenerate distribution (i.e. is a constant). The proofs below formalize this intuitive...
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    {A}}^{\mathrm {T} }} . In the degenerate case where the covariance matrix is singular, the corresponding distribution has no density; see the section...
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    In statistics, a symmetric probability distribution is a probability distribution—an assignment of probabilities to possible occurrences—which is unchanged...
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  • distribution, for example: Degenerate distribution, point mass at zero or the empty phase-type distribution – 0 phases. Geometric distribution – 1 phase. Negative...
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  • says that probabilities should almost never be set as zero or one Degenerate distribution, for "almost surely constant" Infinite monkey theorem, a theorem...
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  • probability, the intercept will diverge and the slope will have a non-degenerate distribution as the sample size increases. However, there might be a common...
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  • {an}, {bn} (possibly depending on the value of θ0), and a non-degenerate distribution G such that b n ( θ ^ n − a n )   → d   G , {\displaystyle b_{n}({\hat...
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    during which stars form from collapsing clouds of gas. In the subsequent Degenerate Era, the stars will have burnt out, leaving all stellar-mass objects as...
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    an exponential distribution of parameter λ. The second M means that the service time is Markovian: it follows an exponential distribution of parameter μ...
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  • and only if X {\displaystyle X} is a single concentrated mass (degenerate distribution). The bound is tight only at or beyond the extremes of a bounded...
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  • probability distribution, and its second derivative is strictly positive everywhere it is defined, except for the degenerate distribution of a single...
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  • {\displaystyle 1} is a degenerate distribution. In opposition to the first family of Mittag-Leffler distribution, these distributions are not heavy-tailed...
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  • Wasserstein metric (category Theory of probability distributions)
    {\displaystyle \mu _{2}=\delta _{a_{2}}} be two degenerate distributions (i.e. Dirac delta distributions) located at points a 1 {\displaystyle a_{1}} and...
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  • Fisher–Tippett–Gnedenko theorem (category Tails of probability distributions)
    \mathbb {R} } such that the following limits converge to a non-degenerate distribution function: lim n → ∞ P ( max { X 1 , … , X n } − b n a n ≤ x ) =...
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