Definition:Exponential Distribution

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Definition






Let $X$ be a continuous random variable on a probability space $\struct {\Omega, \Sigma, \Pr}$.

Then $X$ has the exponential distribution with parameter $\beta$ if and only if:

$\map X \Omega = \R_{\ge 0}$
$\map \Pr {X < x} = 1 - e^{-\frac x \beta}$

where $0 < \beta$.

It is written:

$X \sim \Exponential \beta$


Also see

  • Results about the exponential distribution can be found here.


Technical Note

The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\Exponential {\beta}\) is \Exponential {\beta} .

When the argument is a single character, it is usual to omit the braces:

\Exponential \beta


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