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-====== Maxwell Distribution ======
-The Maxwell (or Maxwell-Boltzmann) distribution gives the distribution of speeds of molecules in thermal equilibrium as given by statistical mechanics. Defining a=sqrt(kT/m), where k is the Stephan-Boltzmann constant, T is the temperature, m is the mass of a molecule, and letting x denote the speed a molecule, the probability distribution over the range x in 0,inf) is
-f(x,a) = 1/a^3//sqrt(2/pi)//x^2//exp(-x^2/(2//a^2))
-Spiegel (1992) and von Seggern (1993) each use slightly different definitions of the constant a.
-support 0 <= x <= Inf
-^Parameter^Description  ^Default value^
-|a        |The parameter|1.0          |

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