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Built-in Mathematica Symbol

MaxwellDistribution

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represents a Maxwell distribution with scale parameter

The probability density for value x in a Maxwell distribution is proportional to for , and is zero for . »

MaxwellDistribution can be used with such functions as Mean, CDF and RandomReal. »

The mean and variance of a Maxwell distribution:

Probability density function:

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