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Subject: [Boost-commit] svn:boost r50850 - sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist/distributions
From: pbristow_at_[hidden]
Date: 2009-01-28 11:17:52
Author: pbristow
Date: 2009-01-28 11:17:52 EST (Wed, 28 Jan 2009)
New Revision: 50850
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/50850
Log:
Corrected graphs legend and title, and removed misleading accuracy info.
Text files modified:
sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist/distributions/pareto.qbk | 7 ++++---
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Modified: sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist/distributions/pareto.qbk
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--- sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist/distributions/pareto.qbk (original)
+++ sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/doc/sf_and_dist/distributions/pareto.qbk 2009-01-28 11:17:52 EST (Wed, 28 Jan 2009)
@@ -77,10 +77,11 @@
[h4 Accuracy]
-The pareto distribution is implemented in terms of the
+The Pareto distribution is implemented in terms of the
standard library `exp` functions plus __expm1
-and as such should have very low error rates
-except when probability is very close to unity.
+and so should have very small errors, usually only a few epsilon.
+
+If probability is near to unity (or the complement of a probability near zero) see also __why_complements.
[h4 Implementation]
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