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Lévy flight

Lévy flight noun: a type of random walk in which the increments are distributed according to a “heavy-tailed” distribution i.e. there are a significant number of large increments.

Noun

Lévy flight (plural Lévy flights)

  1. A type of random walk in which the increments are distributed according to a “heavy-tailed” distribution i.e. there are a significant number of large increments.
    Synonyms:
    Lévy walk

Synonyms of Lévy flight

Forms of Lévy flight

pluralLévy flights

Origin of Lévy flight

Named after French mathematician Paul Pierre Lévy (1886–1971).

Questions about Lévy flight

What does Lévy flight mean?
Lévy flight means a type of random walk in which the increments are distributed according to a “heavy-tailed” distribution i.e. there are a significant number of large increments.
What part of speech is Lévy flight?
Lévy flight is a noun.
What is the plural of Lévy flight?
The plural of Lévy flight is Lévy flights.

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  8. Lévy glass
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