Density of the semicircle law #
The unit-radius semicircle law has the continuous density 2 / π * √(1 - x²).
The real square root makes this expression zero outside the open interval (-1, 1),
in particular at the endpoints ±1.
The affine Beta realization gives the density-measure equality and the random-variable
and Radon–Nikodym interfaces, and expresses integration against the law as an interval
integral against the semicircle height.
References #
- N. L. Johnson, S. Kotz, N. Balakrishnan, Continuous Univariate Distributions, vol. 2, second edition, Wiley, 1995, Chapter 25.
The real density of the unit-radius semicircle law, zero outside (-1, 1).
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The extended nonnegative density of the unit-radius semicircle law.
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The extended density is obtained from the real density by ENNReal.ofReal.
The semicircle density is nonnegative.
The density is positive exactly in the interior of the support.
The real density is continuous, including at the support endpoints.
The extended density is measurable.
The semicircle law is Lebesgue measure weighted by its named density.
Integration against the unit-radius semicircle law, as an interval integral against the semicircle height.
Reflection preserves the unit-radius semicircle law.
The semicircle law has no atoms.
A variable with semicircle law has a density.
The density of a variable with semicircle law agrees almost everywhere with its named pdf.
The Radon–Nikodym derivative of the semicircle law is its named pdf.