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[Bug-gsl] gsl_ran_poisson_pdf with mu=0


From: Peter Johansson
Subject: [Bug-gsl] gsl_ran_poisson_pdf with mu=0
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:19:29 +1000
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Hi,

I noticed that gsl_ran_poisson_pdf(k, mu) error out if mu=0.0. IMHO a Poisson distribution with zero mean is a perfectly valid distribition (although it is not very random), so I find it unexpected that the function doesn't support it. I suggest to add some code taking care of the special case. Something like:

if (!mu) {
  if (k)
    return 0.0
  return 1.0
}


Cheers,
Peter
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