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pochmann3 opened this issue Feb 25, 2024 · 1 comment
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Non-equation in random.uniform #115921

pochmann3 opened this issue Feb 25, 2024 · 1 comment
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pochmann3 commented Feb 25, 2024 •
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The random.uniform doc says:

the equation a + (b-a) * random()

That's not an equation. Just an expression.

The page mentions "equation" twice more right above, but I think those refer to actual equations like the pdf(x) = ... for random.gammavariate and are thus correct.

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Yes, equation should be expression. For a uniform distribution, the equation is pdf = 1/(b-a) on [a, b], 0 elsewhere, so that the integral over the real line is 1.0. PR soon.

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