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<h3 class="section">19.22 The Pareto Distribution</h3>
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— Function: double <b>gsl_ran_pareto</b> (<var>const gsl_rng * r, double a, double b</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fran_005fpareto-1603"></a></var><br>
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<blockquote><p><a name="index-Pareto-distribution-1604"></a>This function returns a random variate from the Pareto distribution of
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order <var>a</var>. The distribution function is,
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for <!-- {$x \ge b$} -->
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— Function: double <b>gsl_ran_pareto_pdf</b> (<var>double x, double a, double b</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fran_005fpareto_005fpdf-1605"></a></var><br>
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<blockquote><p>This function computes the probability density p(x) at <var>x</var>
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for a Pareto distribution with exponent <var>a</var> and scale <var>b</var>, using
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the formula given above.
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— Function: double <b>gsl_cdf_pareto_P</b> (<var>double x, double a, double b</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fcdf_005fpareto_005fP-1606"></a></var><br>
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— Function: double <b>gsl_cdf_pareto_Q</b> (<var>double x, double a, double b</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fcdf_005fpareto_005fQ-1607"></a></var><br>
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— Function: double <b>gsl_cdf_pareto_Pinv</b> (<var>double P, double a, double b</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fcdf_005fpareto_005fPinv-1608"></a></var><br>
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— Function: double <b>gsl_cdf_pareto_Qinv</b> (<var>double Q, double a, double b</var>)<var><a name="index-gsl_005fcdf_005fpareto_005fQinv-1609"></a></var><br>
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<blockquote><p>These functions compute the cumulative distribution functions
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P(x), Q(x) and their inverses for the Pareto
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distribution with exponent <var>a</var> and scale <var>b</var>.
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