# Goal


## Goal

Construct six statistical tests to assert whether a sample comes from a Landau
distribution

. . .

- Generate a sample $L$ from a Landau PDF
- Generate a sample $M$ from a Moyal PDF

. . .

$H_0$: sample following Landau PDF

 - can we accept $H_0$ for $L$?
 - can we reject $H_0$ for $M$?


## Why Moyal?

The Landau and Moyal PDFs are really similar. Historically, the latter was
utilized as an approximation of the former.

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## Two similar distributions

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  Landau PDF
  $$
    L(x) = \frac{1}{\pi} \int \limits_{0}^{+ \infty}
           dt \, e^{-t \ln(t) -xt} \sin (\pi t)
  $$
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  Moyal PDF
  $$
  M(x) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi}} \exp \left[ - \frac{1}{2}
         \left( x + e^{- x} \right) \right]
  $$
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  ![](images/landau-pdf.pdf)
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  ![](images/moyal-pdf.pdf)
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## Two similar distributions

![](images/both-pdf.pdf)


## Statistical tests

. . .

- **Properties test**:

  compatibility between expected and observed PDF properties

. . .

- **Kolmogorov - Smirnov test**:

  compatibility between expected and empirical CDF

. . .

- **Trapani test**:

  test for finite or infinite moments