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<p>Writing the <a href="page.php?w=multiple_integral">double integral</a> in <a href="page.php?w=polar_coordinate_system">polar coordinates</a>, it becomes</p>

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<p>Finally, the probability density function for  is the derivative of its cumulative distribution function, which by the <a href="page.php?w=fundamental_theorem_of_calculus">fundamental theorem of calculus</a> is</p>

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<p>which is the Rayleigh distribution. It is straightforward to generalize to vectors of dimension other than 2. There</p><p>
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