characteristic function

characteristic function

n
1. (Mathematics) maths a function that assigns the value 1 to the members of a given set and the value 0 to its nonmembers
2. (Statistics) statistics a function derived from the probability distribution function that enables the distribution of the sum of given random variables to be analysed
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