Does this distribution have a name:
$f(x) = yx^{y-1}$ for $0 < x<1$ and $y>0$?
It looks like an exponential distribution. Or is it a nameless distribution?
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As Byron Schmuland says, this is a beta distribution with the second parameter $\beta=1$. It is sometimes called a "standard power-function distribution". |
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