Re: a noise with a better histogram
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- Subject: [mg49305] Re: [mg49297] a noise with a better histogram
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 04:32:37 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200407120611.CAA12235@smc.vnet.net>
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Roger,
In my last post, I mentioned that the only function of Random[] that will give Normal variates is the inverse of the Normal CDF. Instead (in your notebook below), you started by inverting the Normal PDF. (Not the same at all.)
Then you reapplied a version of the x function you liked so well before, with Re to avoid getting Imaginary numbers:
x[a_] := If[Random[] < 0.5,
(1 + Sqrt[1 - a^2])/a,
(1 - Sqrt[1 - a^2])/a]
g[y_] := (-I)*Sqrt[2]*Sqrt[Log[Sqrt[2*Pi]*y]]
noise = Table[Re[g[x[Sin[2*Pi*Random[]]]]], {n, 1, 10000}];
So the variates are (substituting X for Random[]):
Re[g[x[Sin[2*Pi*X]]]]
(If that were InverseErf[X], the variates would be normal.)
Then you calculated
b = Floor[2500 noise];
because you want Integers and a lot of spread, I guess?
Next you plotted a home-grown Histogram...
bmax=Max[b]
bmin=Min[b]
c=Table[Count[b,n],{n,Floor[bmin],bmax}];
ListPlot[c,PlotJoined->True,PlotRange->{{0,bmax+Abs[bmin]},{0,15}}]
11189
0
(and the plot)
But this plot hides the fact that over 30% of the variates are zeroes:
First@c
3739
Hence the distribution (1) is integer valued, (2) has a huge spike at 0, and (3) is strictly non-negative. Any one of those would be enough to guarantee the distribution isn't normal.
But there was no reason to think it would be normal, anyway.
Bobby
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 02:11:39 -0400 (EDT), Roger L. Bagula <rlbtftn at netscape.net> wrote:
> I used an inversion of a Gaussian to
> get my amplitudes instead of a Gaussian.
> It seems to work somewhat better in terms of the histogram.
> I'm indepted to the patient work of Ray Kooperman and Dr. Bobby Treat
> on Kurtosis excess calculations and Cauchy distribution calculations.
> As I am giving this information to the egroup for comment,
> I must take the good with the bad.
> Respectfully, Roger L. Bagula
> tftn at earthlink.net, 11759Waterhill Road, Lakeside,Ca 92040-2905,tel:
> 619-5610814 :
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- References:
- a noise with a better histogram
- From: "Roger L. Bagula" <rlbtftn@netscape.net>
- a noise with a better histogram