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On Finding Geodesic Equation of Two Parameters Logistic Distribution
Department of Statistics, The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
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Applied Mathematics·Volume 06 (2015)·Pages 2169–2174·Published 9 November 2015·DOI10.4236/am.2015.612189
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Abstract
In this paper, we used two different algorithms to solve some partial differential equations, where these equations originated from the well-known two parameters of logistic distributions. The first method was the classical one that involved solving a triply of partial differential equations. The second approach was the well-known Darboux Theory. We found that the geodesic equations are a pair of isotropic curves or minimal curves. As expected, the two methods reached the same result.
KeywordsDarboux TheoryDifferential GeometryGeodesic EquationIsotropic CurvesLogistic DistributionMinimal CurvesPartial Differential Equation
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