DiscreteUniformDistribution PDF isn't piecewise?
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- Subject: [mg107642] DiscreteUniformDistribution PDF isn't piecewise?
- From: "richard.wesley.todd" <richard.wesley.todd at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:24:22 -0500 (EST)
A PDF for a discrete uniform distribution, say for a die roll...
In[101]:= PDF[DiscreteUniformDistribution[{1, 6}]]
Out[101]= 1/6 &
... gives 1/6 for all inputs, _not_ just between 1 and 6. Shouldn't
it be defined piecewise? This is from Mathematica 7.0.1.0 on
Windows. The CDF is correct.