Maxima Function
var_rayleigh (b)
Returns the variance of a Rayleigh(b) random variable, with b>0.
The Rayleigh(b) random variable is equivalent to the Weibull(2,1/b), therefore when Maxima has not enough information to get the result, a noun form based on the Weibull variance is returned.
(%i1) load (distrib)$ (%i2) var_rayleigh(b); 1 (%o2) var_weibull(2, -) b (%i3) assume(b>0)$ var_rayleigh(b); %pi 1 - --- 4 (%o4) ------- 2 b