# Maxwellian Distributions

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/maxwellian-distributions/75443>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** distributions\
**Created:** [January 30, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/maxwellian-distributions/75443 "2022-01-30T02:35:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![CentraCep](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/centracep/32/32454_2.png) [@CentraCep](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/CentraCep)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/maxwellian-distributions/75443/1 "2022-01-30T02:35:23Z")

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Is there a way in Julia to convenient initialize a variable as a Maxwellian Distribution (with area under the curve = 1)? I took a look at the [Distributions.jl](https://juliastats.org/Distributions.jl/stable/) but did not see the Maxwellian Distribution (perhaps it is in a physics distribution?)

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**Author:** ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/maxwellian-distributions/75443/2 "2022-01-30T03:08:19Z")

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Isn’t that [equivalent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%E2%80%93Boltzmann_distribution#Distribution_function) to a type of [chi distribution](https://juliastats.org/Distributions.jl/latest/univariate/#Distributions.Chi)?