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Sometimes, the vector [, (,)] is normalized to make the plot better looking for a human eye. A set of pairs x , y {\displaystyle x,y} making a rectangular grid is typically used for the drawing. An isocline (a series of lines with the same slope) is often used to supplement the slope field.
In probability theory and statistics, the moment-generating function of a real-valued random variable is an alternative specification of its probability distribution.Thus, it provides the basis of an alternative route to analytical results compared with working directly with probability density functions or cumulative distribution functions.
The characteristic function of a uniform U(–1,1) random variable.This function is real-valued because it corresponds to a random variable that is symmetric around the origin; however characteristic functions may generally be complex-valued.
Assume is discrete random variable taking values on the non-negative integers, which is independent of the , and consider the probability generating function . If the X i {\displaystyle X_{i}} are not only independent but also identically distributed with common probability generating function G X = G X i {\displaystyle G_{X}=G_{X_{i}}} , then
The probability density function of the Erlang distribution is (;,) = ()!,,The parameter k is called the shape parameter, and the parameter is called the rate parameter.. An alternative, but equivalent, parametrization uses the scale parameter , which is the reciprocal of the rate parameter (i.e., = /):
Lloyd's algorithm starts by an initial placement of some number k of point sites in the input domain. In mesh-smoothing applications, these would be the vertices of the mesh to be smoothed; in other applications they may be placed at random or by intersecting a uniform triangular mesh of the appropriate size with the input domain.
A scalar field is a tensor field of order zero, [3] and the term "scalar field" may be used to distinguish a function of this kind with a more general tensor field, density, or differential form. The scalar field of ((+)) oscillating as increases. Red represents positive values, purple represents negative values, and sky blue represents ...
In Cartesian coordinates, the divergence of a continuously differentiable vector field = + + is the scalar-valued function: = = (, , ) (, , ) = + +.. As the name implies, the divergence is a (local) measure of the degree to which vectors in the field diverge.