gamma distribution

Summary

gamma distribution ranks in the top 0.57% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,083 views/month, #446 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• gamma distribution's GND ID is recorded as 4155928-9^[2].
• gamma distribution's subclass of is recorded as Tweedie distribution^[3].
• gamma distribution's subclass of is recorded as exponential family^[4].
• gamma distribution's subclass of is recorded as generalized gamma distribution^[5].
• gamma distribution's subclass of is recorded as matrix gamma distribution^[6].
• gamma distribution's subclass of is recorded as univariate probability distribution^[7].
• gamma distribution's subclass of is recorded as continuous probability distribution^[8].
• gamma distribution's Commons category is recorded as Gamma distribution^[9].
• gamma distribution's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dd8w^[10].
• gamma distribution's described by source is recorded as ISO 3534-1:2006(en) Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 1: General statistical terms and terms used in probability^[11].
• gamma distribution's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/gamma-distribution^[12].
• gamma distribution's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/gamma-distribution^[13].
• gamma distribution's defining formula is recorded as f(x) = \frac{x^{\alpha - 1} \mathrm{e}^{-x/\beta}}{\beta^\alpha \operatorname{\Gamma}(\alpha)}, \alpha > 0, \beta > 0^[14].
• gamma distribution's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01342361n^[15].
• gamma distribution's MathWorld ID is recorded as GammaDistribution^[16].
• gamma distribution's Mathematics Subject Classification ID is recorded as 62E10^[17].
• gamma distribution's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 133935^[18].
• gamma distribution's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[19].
• gamma distribution's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 149717495^[20].
• gamma distribution's in defining formula is recorded as f(x)^[21].
• gamma distribution's in defining formula is recorded as \operatorname{\Gamma}(z)^[22].
• gamma distribution's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C149717495^[23].
• gamma distribution's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 231922^[24].
• gamma distribution's support of a function is recorded as x > 0^[25].
• gamma distribution's characteristic function is recorded as (1 - \mathrm{i} \beta x)^{-\alpha}^[26].

Why It Matters

gamma distribution ranks in the top 0.57% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,083 views/month, #446 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]