https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Laplace-Probability-Distribution-Function/m-p/1687153#M37109 <P>The Intel documentation team is working on updating these documents.</P><BR /> Fri, 02 May 2025 17:13:39 GMT Shiquan_Su 2025-05-02T17:13:39Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Laplace-Probability-Distribution-Function/m-p/1680241#M37031 <P>In the <A href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/onemkl/developer-reference-c/2025-1/vrnglaplace.html" target="_self">C</A>, <A href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/onemkl/developer-reference-fortran/2025-1/vrnglaplace.html" target="_self">Fortran</A>, and <A href="https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/onemkl/developer-reference-dpcpp/2025-1/laplace.html" target="_self">SYCL*</A> documentation for the Laplace distribution the probability distribution function is given as 1/sqrt(2*beta)... From what I've seen in the <A href="https://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda366c.htm" target="_self">NIST Engineering Statistics Handbook</A> and elsewhere, it should be 1/(2*beta)... (i.e., no sqrt). A quick test in Fortran to generate some numbers and calculate the standard deviation seems to confirm that the distribution is implemented as expected (without a sqrt).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Can it be confirmed that the distribution is implemented without a sqrt, and can the documentation be updated accordingly?</P> Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:45:32 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Laplace-Probability-Distribution-Function/m-p/1680241#M37031 stats 2025-04-03T19:45:32Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Laplace-Probability-Distribution-Function/m-p/1687153#M37109 <P>The Intel documentation team is working on updating these documents.</P><BR /> Fri, 02 May 2025 17:13:39 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Laplace-Probability-Distribution-Function/m-p/1687153#M37109 Shiquan_Su 2025-05-02T17:13:39Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Laplace-Probability-Distribution-Function/m-p/1689345#M37143 <P>Documentation updated.</P><BR /> Mon, 12 May 2025 22:37:27 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-oneAPI-Math-Kernel-Library/Laplace-Probability-Distribution-Function/m-p/1689345#M37143 Shiquan_Su 2025-05-12T22:37:27Z