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Re: Difference between normal_rnd (m,v, n,n) and randn (n)


From: Quentin Spencer
Subject: Re: Difference between normal_rnd (m,v, n,n) and randn (n)
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:04:47 -0600
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Henry F. Mollet wrote:

The only one I haven't found yet is a triangular distribution.
Do you mean a distribution whose density is f(x)=2x in the range [0,1]? This can be generated by taking the square root of a uniformly distributed random variable. To test this, try

N = some large number
x = rand(1,N);
hist(sqrt(x));


-Quentin



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