cumulant

set of quantities that provide an alternative to the moments of the distribution in probability theorie
Intangible mathematical_concept Q746007
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cumulant

Summary

cumulant is a mathematical concept[1]. cumulant ranks in the top 9% of mathematical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (380 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cumulant is credited with the discovery of Thorvald N. Thiele[3].
  • cumulant's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[4].
  • cumulant's subclass of is recorded as set[5].
  • cumulant's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1889-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • cumulant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_9b0[7].
  • cumulant's defining formula is recorded as \sum_{n=1}^\infty\kappa_n\frac{t^n}{n!}=\ln\mathbb E[\exp(tX)][8].
  • cumulant's MathWorld ID is recorded as Cumulant[9].
  • cumulant's named by is recorded as Ronald Fisher[10].
  • cumulant's named by is recorded as John Wishart[11].
  • cumulant's nLab ID is recorded as cumulant[12].
  • cumulant's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[13].
  • cumulant's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 172686274[14].
  • cumulant's in defining formula is recorded as \kappa_n[15].
  • cumulant's in defining formula is recorded as X[16].
  • cumulant's in defining formula is recorded as \mathbb E[17].
  • cumulant's in defining formula is recorded as n[18].
  • cumulant's in defining formula is recorded as ![19].
  • cumulant's Encyclopedia of Mathematics article ID is recorded as Semi-invariant[20].
  • cumulant's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C172686274[21].

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Works and Contributions

cumulant is credited with the discovery of Thorvald N. Thiele[3].

Why It Matters

cumulant ranks in the top 9% of mathematical_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (380 views/month).[2] cumulant has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). cumulant. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cumulant
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cumulant_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{cumulant}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cumulant}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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