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+/* randist/geometric.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 James Theiler, Brian Gough
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <gsl/gsl_rng.h>
+#include <gsl/gsl_randist.h>
+
+/* Geometric distribution (bernoulli trial with probability p)
+
+ prob(k) = p (1 - p)^(k-1) for n = 1, 2, 3, ...
+
+ It gives the distribution of "waiting times" for an event that
+ occurs with probability p. */
+
+unsigned int
+gsl_ran_geometric (const gsl_rng * r, const double p)
+{
+ double u = gsl_rng_uniform_pos (r);
+
+ unsigned int k;
+
+ if (p == 1)
+ {
+ k = 1;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ k = log (u) / log (1 - p) + 1;
+ }
+
+ return k;
+}
+
+double
+gsl_ran_geometric_pdf (const unsigned int k, const double p)
+{
+ if (k == 0)
+ {
+ return 0 ;
+ }
+ else if (k == 1)
+ {
+ return p ;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ double P = p * pow (1 - p, k - 1.0);
+ return P;
+ }
+}