= Singular continuous distribution
A <probability distribution> is singular continuous if it has no point masses and assigns probability one to a <set> of zero <Lebesgue measure>. Its <cumulative distribution function> is continuous, but the distribution has no <probability density function> with respect to <Lebesgue measure>. This distinguishes continuity of the <cumulative distribution function> from an <absolutely continuous probability distribution>, whose probabilities are <integrals> of a <probability density function>.
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