Lévy distribution

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:organization
gptkbp:category continuous probability distributions
heavy-tailed distributions
gptkbp:characteristic exp(i t μ - sqrt(-2 i t c))
gptkbp:cumulativeDistributionFunction F(x; μ, c) = erfc(sqrt(c / (2(x-μ)))), x > μ
gptkbp:hasHeavyTails true
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase stable distribution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lévy distribution
gptkbp:isInfinitelyDivisible true
gptkbp:kurtosis undefined
gptkbp:meaning undefined
gptkbp:medium undefined
gptkbp:mode μ
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Paul_Lévy
gptkbp:parameter c (scale)
μ (location)
gptkbp:pdf f(x; μ, c) = sqrt(c / (2π)) * exp(-c / (2(x-μ))) / (x-μ)^{3/2}, x > μ
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:normal_distribution
gptkb:Cauchy_distribution
gptkb:inverse_gamma_distribution
gptkbp:skewness undefined
gptkbp:stable true
gptkbp:supports [μ, ∞)
gptkbp:usedIn finance
physics
random walks
anomalous diffusion
gptkbp:variant undefined
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Paul_Lévy
gptkb:Lévy_flight
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5