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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">RealType</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span>
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<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">laplace_distribution</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">laplace_distribution</span><span class="special"><></span> <span class="identifier">laplace</span><span class="special">;</span>
-<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">RealType</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../../policy.html" title="Chapter 19. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a><span class="special">></span>
+<span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">RealType</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../../policy.html" title="Chapter 20. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a><span class="special">></span>
<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">laplace_distribution</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
<span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
1972, p. 930). It is also called the double exponential distribution.
</p>
<p>
- For location parameter μ   and scale parameter σ  , it is defined by the probability
- density function:
- </p>
-<p>
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../equations/laplace_pdf.svg"></span>
+ For location parameter <span class="emphasis"><em>μ</em></span> and scale parameter <span class="emphasis"><em>σ</em></span>,
+ it is defined by the probability density function:
</p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
+ <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../equations/laplace_pdf.svg"></span>
+
+ </p></blockquote></div>
<p>
The location and scale parameters are equivalent to the mean and standard
deviation of the normal or Gaussian distribution.
</p>
<p>
- The following graph illustrates the effect of the parameters μ   and σ   on the
+ The following graph illustrates the effect of the parameters μ and σ on the
PDF. Note that the domain of the random variable remains [-∞,+∞] irrespective
of the value of the location parameter:
</p>
-<p>
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../graphs/laplace_pdf.svg" align="middle"></span>
- </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
+ <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../graphs/laplace_pdf.svg" align="middle"></span>
+
+ </p></blockquote></div>
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