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SciMax Toolbox >> noncentral_moment

noncentral_moment

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

noncentral_moment (list, k)
noncentral_moment(matrix,k)

Description

The non central moment of order k, defined as

n
====
1   \      k
-    >    x
n   /      i
====
i = 1
Example:

(%i1) load (descriptive)$
(%i2) load (numericalio)$
(%i3) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$
(%i4) noncentral_moment (s1, 1), numer; /* the mean */
(%o4)                         4.71
(%i6) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$
(%i7) noncentral_moment (s2, 5);
(%o7) [319793.8724761506, 320532.1923892463, 391249.5621381556,
                            2502278.205988911, 1691881.797742255]

See also function .

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