/// <summary>
/// Raises a distribution to a power.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dist">The distribution.</param>
/// <param name="exponent">The power to raise to.</param>
/// <returns><paramref name="dist"/> raised to power <paramref name="exponent"/>.</returns>
public static Gaussian operator^(Gaussian dist, double exponent)
{
Gaussian result = new Gaussian();
result.SetToPower(dist, exponent);
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Set this equal to (dist)^exponent
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dist"></param>
/// <param name="exponent"></param>
public void SetToPower(TruncatedGaussian dist, double exponent)
{
if (exponent == 0)
{
SetToUniform();
}
else
{
if (exponent < 0 && !(double.IsNegativeInfinity(dist.LowerBound) && double.IsPositiveInfinity(dist.UpperBound)))
{
throw new DivideByZeroException("The exponent is negative and the bounds are finite");
}
LowerBound = dist.LowerBound;
UpperBound = dist.UpperBound;
Gaussian.SetToPower(dist.Gaussian, exponent);
}
}