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commit fafaaea3058f427ba0ca821c81969a819e3d43a5 Author: Alex Herbert <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Fri Aug 28 16:27:22 2026 +0100 Update method comments --- .../apache/commons/statistics/distribution/ZipfDistribution.java | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/commons-statistics-distribution/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/statistics/distribution/ZipfDistribution.java b/commons-statistics-distribution/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/statistics/distribution/ZipfDistribution.java index d31b9b72..2f1d12fd 100644 --- a/commons-statistics-distribution/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/statistics/distribution/ZipfDistribution.java +++ b/commons-statistics-distribution/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/statistics/distribution/ZipfDistribution.java @@ -253,9 +253,15 @@ public final class ZipfDistribution extends AbstractDiscreteDistribution { * <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HarmonicSeries.html">Harmonic * Series</a>. * + * <pre> + * 1 + * sum ----- for k in [1, n] + * k^m + * </pre> + * * <p>Assumes {@code exponent > 0} to arrange the terms to sum from small to large. * - * @param n Term in the series to calculate (must be larger than 1) + * @param n Term in the series to calculate (must be larger than 0) * @param m Exponent (special case {@code m = 1} is the harmonic series). * @return the n<sup>th</sup> generalized harmonic number. */
