The Degenerate distribution
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The degenerate distribution characterises a distribution
involving a single outcome. It can be viewed as the limiting case of many
common distributions in which the scale parameter tends to zero, so the
distribution function concentrates onto a single point. It is also called the
Dirac delta function.
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Distribution name
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Degenerate
distribution (can also be viewed as a discrete distribution)
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Common notation
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Parameters
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location parameter
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Domain
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Probability density
function
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Cumulative distribution
function
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Mean
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Variance
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Skewness
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Does not exist
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(Excess) kurtosis
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Does not exist
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Characteristic function
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Nematrian web functions
Given its degenerate form, no functions relating to the
above distribution are accessible via the Nematrian
web function library. For details of other supported probability
distributions see here.
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