The Logarithmic Distribution¶
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gsl_ran_logarithmic(p)¶
This function returns a random integer from the logarithmic distribution. The probability distribution for logarithmic random variates is,
\[p(k) = {-1 \over \log(1-p)} {\left(p^k \over k\right)}\]for \(k \geq 1\).
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gsl_ran_logarithmic_pdf(k, p)¶
This function computes the probability \(p(k)\) of obtaining \(k\) from a logarithmic distribution with probability parameter
p, using the formula given above.