A The name of this probability density function

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Start date Jul 26, 2021
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Jul 26, 2021

Ad VanderVen

TL;DR Summary: Looking for the name of some probability density function.

Does anyone knows the name of the probability density function

f(y) =ae^by-cy²

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Jul 26, 2021

willem2

Isn't that just the normal distibution? Complete the square in the exponent.

Jul 26, 2021

Ad VanderVen

Could be, but this function has support $$y \in (0, \infty)$$.

Jul 26, 2021

RPinPA

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I think that just makes it a truncated normal.

Jul 27, 2021

Ad VanderVen

I thought so too.

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