Lévy flight

English

Etymology

Named after French mathematician Paul Pierre Lévy (1886–1971).

Noun

Lévy flight (plural Lévy flights)

  1. (mathematics) A type of random walk in which the increments are distributed according to a “heavy-tailed” distribution i.e. there are a significant number of large increments.
    Synonym: Lévy walk
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