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kurtosis_bernoulli

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

kurtosis_bernoulli (p)

Description

Returns the kurtosis coefficient of a Bernoulli(p) random variable, with 0<p<1.

The Bernoulli(p) random variable is equivalent to the Binomial(1,p), therefore when Maxima has not enough information to get the result, a noun form based on the binomial kurtosis coefficient is returned.

(%i1) load (distrib)$
(%i2) kurtosis_bernoulli(p);
(%o2)                kurtosis_binomial(1, p)
(%i3) assume(0<p,p<1)$ kurtosis_bernoulli(p);
                         1 - 6 (1 - p) p
(%o4)                    ---------------
                            (1 - p) p
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