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lorentzianNoise

lorentzianNoise (a, b)

The function returns a pseudo-random value from a Lorentzian distribution

f(x)=1π(b/2)(xa)2+(b/2)2.\displaystyle f(x)=\frac{1}{\pi} \frac{(b / 2)}{(x-a)^{2}+(b / 2)^{2}} .

Here a is the center and b is the full line width at half maximum (FWHM).

See Also

SetRandomSeed, enoise, gnoise, Noise Functions, Statistical Analysis