Returns the variance of a Rayleigh distribution.
σ < 0
NaN
scale parameter
variance
var v = variance( 9.0 ); // returns ~34.765
var v = variance( 2.0 ); // returns ~1.717
var v = variance( -0.2 ); // returns NaN
var v = variance( NaN ); // returns NaN
Returns the variance of a Rayleigh distribution.
Notes
σ < 0
, the function returnsNaN
.