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MapAiryDistribution

In probability theory, the Map-Airy distribution (or Airy distribution of the 'Map'-type) describes a brownian excursion over a unit interval.

This distribution is a special case of a stable distribution with shape parameter α = 3/2 and skewness parameter β = 1.
There is also a definition with β = -1, which is inverted in the x-axis direction.

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Definition

The Map-Airy distribution is as follows:
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The scaling factor c of the stable distribution is standardize the following:
mapairy2

Numerical Evaluation

The series expansion of Ai and Ai' with argument x squared is as follows:
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When |x| is large, the following equation can be used as an asymptotic expression:
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Fortunately, when x is large, the exponential function annihilates and integral evaluation becomes easy.
Otherwise, the coefficients must be evaluated by adding up with the series expansion of the exponential function.
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The coefficients of the series expansion are obtained by the recurrence relation as follows:
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Evaluate these equations collectively:
x near 0:
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x → ∞:
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x → -∞:
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Remarkably, the cumulative probability to x=0 is exactly 2/3:
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Statistics

stat x note
mean 0
mode -0.4432284977460014720866292801601...
median -0.2734763098101749523722883574736...
variance N/A undefined
0.01-quantile -0.1286328156263140898164029409856...
0.05-quantile -0.1034724247045514552350828430407...
0.1-quantile -0.8895329338157856119554196809140...
0.25-quantile -0.6230345400974589058685476106950...
0.75-quantile 1.8373125610184220685083687477262...
0.9-quantile 8.1875041531854880921677466429954...
0.95-quantile 14.592191256427298248407489815973...
0.99-quantile 44.468845263338009491209545700074...
entropy 1.0438195657786014485977283891231...

Property of Tail

The plus x side is a fat-tail.
plus tail approx

The minus x side poly exponential decays.
minus tail approx

Numeric Table

PDF Precision 150
CDF Precision 150
Quantile Precision 145

Double Precision (IEEE 754) Approx

FP64

Reference

See Also

LandauDistribution