English Explanatory Dictionary

Lévy flight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Lévy flight Lévy flights

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Lévy walk

Related words

Lévy glass
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