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Standard Cauchy

The standard Cauchy distribution, also known as the standard Lorentzian distribution, is a special case of the Cauchy distribution with location parameter x0=0x_0=0 and scale parameter ฮณ=1\gamma=1. The PDF of the standard Cauchy distribution is given by:

f(x)=1ฯ€(1+x2)f(x) = \frac{1}{\pi(1+x^2)}

where xx is an real number. The CDF (cumulative distribution function) of the standard Cauchy distribution is given by:

F(x)=1ฯ€tanโกโˆ’1(x)+12F(x) = \frac{1}{\pi}\tan^{-1}(x) + \frac{1}{2}

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