 Rayleigh-normal scale mixture (source code)

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= Rayleigh-normal scale mixture
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{title2=$RZ\sim\operatorname{Laplace}(0,1)$}

An independent unit-scale <Rayleigh distribution> variable $R$ and <standard normal distribution> variable $Z$ give $RZ$ with <Laplace distribution> of density $e^{-|x|}/2$. Indeed its <characteristic function> is $\mathbb E e^{-t^2R^2/2}=1/(1+t^2)$.

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