# Interesting Study of a function $y = \exp(- x/14) / 14$

1)Complete study of the function

-monotony of the function -concavity -maximum and minimum -Zero of the function -if the function is ascending or descending -inflection points

2)make the primitive and find the area “under the curve” in a closed “interval” (break)

-Primitive-make the derivative -Calculate the area analytically and numerically in a closed interval

3) -average value [0;1]) -expected value -Variance -compare values for the exponential distribuition

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So what have you done so far? What are your specific questions? –  Ross Millikan Jan 10 '11 at 17:56
Note that the exponential distribution is of the form $\lambda e^{-\lambda x}$ were $\lambda = \frac{1}{\mu}$. –  PEV Jan 10 '11 at 17:57

More generally, consider the function $f(x;\theta)=(1/\theta)e^{-x/\theta}$, $x \geq 0$, where $\theta > 0$ is fixed, i.e. the density function of the exponential distribution with mean $\theta$. It is strictly decreasing and convex. $\int {f(x;\theta )dx} = - e^{ - x/\theta } + C$, and $F(x): = \int_0^x {f(u;\theta )du} = 1 - e^{ - x/\theta }$, for any $x \geq 0$ (distribution function of exponential distribution); in particular $\int_a^b {f(x;\theta )dx} = F(b) - F(a) = e^{ - a/\theta } - e^{ - b/\theta }$. The corresponding expectation is $\int_0^\infty {xf(x;\theta )dx} = \theta$, and more generally, the corresponding $n$th moment is given, for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$, by $$\mu'_n := \int_0^\infty {x^n f(x;\theta )dx} = \theta ^n \int_0^\infty {x^n e^{ - x} dx} = \theta ^n \Gamma (n + 1) = \theta ^n n!,$$ where $\Gamma$ denotes the gamma function. In particular, the corresponding variance is given, according to the formula ${\rm Var}(X)={\rm E}(X^2)-{\rm E}^2(X)$, by $\mu'_2 - (\mu'_1)^2 = 2 \theta^2 - \theta^2 = \theta^2$.