pow-.dist: Power operator for distribution objects.

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Power operator for distribution objects.

Description

Power operator for distribution objects.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'dist'
x ^ y

Arguments

x

a dist object (base)

y

a numeric scalar (exponent)

Value

A simplified distribution or edist

Examples

# Standard normal squared yields chi-squared(1)
z <- normal(0, 1)^2
z

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