[issue10787] [random.gammavariate] Add the expression of the distribution in a comprehensive form for random.gammavariate

2011-01-01 Thread David Kremer
David Kremer david.kremer...@gmail.com added the comment: Yes I agree. Actually the parameters in the python code alpha, beta are corresponding respectively to k, theta in the first equation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_distribution

[issue10787] [random.gammavariate] Add the expression of the distribution in a comprehensive form for random.gammavariate

2010-12-28 Thread David Kremer
New submission from David Kremer david.kremer...@gmail.com: Could you please add the exact form of the distribution, because it's rather confusing in the current form. In this url, the role of k and theta is precised with a formula : [http://tinyurl.com/24jxfrk]* It seems that in [http