Maxwell#

class pymc_experimental.distributions.Maxwell(name, a, **kwargs)[source]#

The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution

The pdf of this distribution is

\[f(x \mid a) = {\displaystyle {\sqrt {\frac {2}{\pi }}}\,{\frac {x^{2}}{a^{3}}}\,\exp \left({\frac {-x^{2}}{2a^{2}}}\right)}\]

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../_images/pymc_experimental-distributions-Maxwell-1.png

Support

\(x \in (0, \infty)\)

Mean

\(2a \sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}}\)

Variance

\(\frac{a^2(3 \pi - 8)}{\pi}\)

Parameters:

a (tensor_like of float) – Scale parameter (a > 0).

__init__()#

Methods

__init__()

dist(a, **kwargs)

maxwell_dist(a, size)