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For a size-$n$ sample from an exponential distribution of mean $\theta$, the likelihood in the maximum-likelihood estimator coordinate $v=\bar{Y}$ has difference $\ell (\theta ;v)-\ell (v;v)=n\log (v/\theta )-nv/\theta +n$, and the fitted observed information is $n/v^2$. Their P-star approximation is the displayed gamma density shape. Its normalization gives exactly the sampling density $n^n{v}^{n-1}{e}^{-nv/\theta }/(\Gamma (n){\theta }^n)$. This illustrates an exact transformation-model case rather than a general claim of exactness.

For independent unit-scale Laplace distributions, the cumulant-generating function is $K(t)=-\log (1-t^2)$ for $|t|<1$. The saddlepoint density approximation solves $K^{\prime }(t)=y$, giving $t=y/(1+\sqrt{1+y^2})$. At this tilt, $K^{\prime \prime }(t)=D(1+D)$ and $ty=D-1$, giving the displayed probability density function approximation for the sample mean. Its value at zero is $\sqrt{n/(4\pi )}$; it need not integrate to one before normalization.

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.

For a nonzero real-valued Fourier mode satisfying $d{h}_q=-\alpha q^2{h}_{q}dt+\sigma d{W}_q$ with $\alpha >0$, the explicit Ornstein-Uhlenbeck solution and Itô isometry give the stationary second moment ${\sigma }^2/(2\alpha q^2)$. The prefactor depends on the normalization of the mode noise, while the inverse-square dependence follows from diffusive relaxation.

For $m{\dot{v}}_i=-\zeta v_i+{\xi }_i$, classical equilibrium white noise satisfies $⟨{\xi }_i(t){\xi }_j(t^{\prime })⟩=2\zeta k_{B}T{\delta }_{ij}\delta (t-t^{\prime })$. The normalization produces the equipartition velocity variance $k_{B}T/m$.

A truncated distribution is the conditional probability distribution obtained by restricting a random variable $X$ to a specified event $X\in A$ with positive probability. If its original law is $\mu$, the truncated law isThe denominator renormalizes the retained probability mass to one. If $X$ has a probability density function $f$, the truncated density is $f_A(x)=f(x)1_A(x)/\mu (A)$; the same restriction and normalization apply to a probability mass function.

For example, truncate a uniform distribution on $(0,10)$ to values at least six. The retained event has probability $2/5$, so the new density is $1/4$ on $(6,10)$, and its mean is eight. This is the law obtained by repeatedly sampling from the original law and rejecting values outside the retained set; rejection sampling becomes inefficient when the retained event is rare.

A zero-probability restriction cannot be normalized by the displayed formula. Conditioning a continuous random variable to equal a specified value requires an additional conditional-law construction or limiting convention, rather than division by zero.