Log-normal distribution

A positive random variable is log-normal when its logarithm has a normal distribution. If $Z\sim N(0,1)$ and $X=e^Z$, then $\mathbb{E}[X^n]=e^{n^2/2}$.

A positive random variable whose logarithm has a normal distribution. Equivalently it can be represented as $e^{m+\sqrt{v}Z}$, with $Z$ having a standard normal distribution and $v\ge 0$, allowing the deterministic limiting case $v=0$.

The support is $x>\theta$ and the probability density function isThe change of variables $z=\log (x-\theta )$ proves normalization. The threshold $\theta$ is a lower endpoint, distinct from the log-mean $m$ and log-standard-deviation $\sigma$. In measured sea-ice pressure ridge spacings, finite ridge widths and detection rules can create such a lower endpoint.

If $\log S=m+sZ$ with $s>0$, $K>0$ and $Z$ having the standard normal distribution, then for every real $p$,Here $\Phi$ is the standard normal distribution function. Multiplying the normal distribution density by $e^{psZ}$ and completing the square shifts its mean by $ps$ and supplies the factor $e^{p^2{s}^2/2}$; this is a Gaussian exponential tilt. Integrating above or below the shifted threshold proves both formulas. They apply to noninteger and negative powers, including the inverse-price moment $p=-1$. The lower-tail formula gives the European power put formula after a binomial theorem expansion.