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ExtremeValueDistribution

represents an extreme value distribution.

$ wo 'ExtremeValueDistribution[1, 2]'
ExtremeValueDistribution[1, 2]

The zero-argument form defaults to location 0 and scale 1:

$ wo 'ExtremeValueDistribution[]'
ExtremeValueDistribution[0, 1]

Mean, variance, and median have simple closed forms in the location parameter α and scale parameter β:

$ wo 'Mean[ExtremeValueDistribution[a, b]]'
a + b*EulerGamma
$ wo 'Variance[ExtremeValueDistribution[a, b]]'
(b^2*Pi^2)/6
$ wo 'Median[ExtremeValueDistribution[a, b]]'
a - b*Log[Log[2]]