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Geometric distribution

From: Giulio Bottazzi <giulio dot bottazzi at libero dot it>
To: gsl-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:12:52 +0200
Subject: Geometric distribution

Hi all, 
I've a simple question: why the geometric distribution, inside GSL, is
defined according to

prob(k) =  p (1 - p)^(k-1) for k = 1, 2, 3, ...

rather than the more canonical

prob(k) = p (1-p)^k for k = 0, 1, 2, ...

is there some deep reason I'm missing?

	Giulio

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