uniform¶
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astropy.uncertainty.
uniform
(*, lower=None, upper=None, center=None, width=None, n_samples, cls=<class 'astropy.uncertainty.core.Distribution'>, **kwargs)[source]¶ Create a Uniform distriution from the lower and upper bounds.
Note that this function requires keywords to be explicit, and requires either
lower
/upper
orcenter
/width
.- Parameters
- lowerarray_like
The lower edge of this distribution. If a
Quantity
, the distribution will have the same units aslower
.- upper
Quantity
The upper edge of this distribution. Must match shape and if a
Quantity
must have compatible units withlower
.- centerarray_like
The center value of the distribution. Cannot be provided at the same time as
lower
/upper
.- widtharray_like
The width of the distribution. Must have the same shape and compatible units with
center
(if any).- n_samplesint
The number of Monte Carlo samples to use with this distribution
- clsclass
The class to use to create this distribution. Typically a
Distribution
subclass.- Remaining keywords are passed into the constructor of the ``cls``
- Returns
- distr
cls
, usuallyDistribution
The sampled uniform distribution.
- distr