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In probability and statistics, the reciprocal distribution is a continuous probability distribution. It is characterised by its probability density function, within the support of the distribution, being proportional to the reciprocal of the variable.
The reciprocal distribution is an example of an inverse distribution, and the reciprocal (inverse) of a random variable with a reciprocal distribution itself has a reciprocal distribution.
The probability density function (pdf) of the reciprocal distribution is
Here, and are the parameters of the distribution, which are the lower and upper bounds of the support, and is the natural log function (the logarithm to base e). The cumulative distribution function is