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Dirichlet

Noun

1. (mathematics) A probability distribution in statistics, named after Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, used to represent the uncertainty associated with the categorical outcome of a random event.

Example sentence: The Dirichlet distribution is often used as a prior distribution in Bayesian statistics.

Adjective

1. (mathematics) Relating to or derived from the work of Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet.

Example sentence: The Dirichlet theorem is a fundamental theorem in number theory.

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