New probability distributions in astrophysics: II. The generalized and double truncated Lindley

03/30/2020

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by   Lorenzo Zaninetti, et al.

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The statistical parameters of five generalizations of the Lindley distribution, such as the average, variance and moments, are reviewed. A new double truncated Lindley distribution with three parameters is derived. The new distributions are applied to model the initial mass function for stars.