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<h3 class="section">20.36 The Geometric Distribution</h3>
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<dt><a name="index-gsl_005fran_005fgeometric"></a>Function: <em>unsigned int</em> <strong>gsl_ran_geometric</strong> <em>(const gsl_rng * <var>r</var>, double <var>p</var>)</em></dt>
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<p>This function returns a random integer from the geometric distribution,
the number of independent trials with probability <var>p</var> until the
first success. The probability distribution for geometric variates
is,
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<pre class="example">p(k) = p (1-p)^(k-1)
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<p>for <em>k >= 1</em>. Note that the distribution begins with <em>k=1</em> with this
definition. There is another convention in which the exponent <em>k-1</em>
is replaced by <em>k</em>.
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<dt><a name="index-gsl_005fran_005fgeometric_005fpdf"></a>Function: <em>double</em> <strong>gsl_ran_geometric_pdf</strong> <em>(unsigned int <var>k</var>, double <var>p</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>This function computes the probability <em>p(k)</em> of obtaining <var>k</var>
from a geometric distribution with probability parameter <var>p</var>, using
the formula given above.
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<dt><a name="index-gsl_005fcdf_005fgeometric_005fP"></a>Function: <em>double</em> <strong>gsl_cdf_geometric_P</strong> <em>(unsigned int <var>k</var>, double <var>p</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-gsl_005fcdf_005fgeometric_005fQ"></a>Function: <em>double</em> <strong>gsl_cdf_geometric_Q</strong> <em>(unsigned int <var>k</var>, double <var>p</var>)</em></dt>
<dd><p>These functions compute the cumulative distribution functions
<em>P(k)</em>, <em>Q(k)</em> for the geometric distribution with parameter
<var>p</var>.
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