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The image provided could use labels denoting where a and b are located on the x axis and a little more on the meaning of A. How is A defined?RRphys 14:35, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've replaced the old image with a new SVG one for easier editing. I've added labels on the y-axis, but I'm also not entirely sure where a and b labels should go, so I left those out for now. If anyone lets me know I can add them to the diagram easily. --Qef (talk) 00:46, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
a is the x-axis label for the left-most part of the function when the function when it equals the value A. b is the x-axis label for the right-most part of the function when it equals A. That is,
--Tekhnofiend (talk) 17:34, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mentioning the uniform distribution is misleading

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The boxcar function is a function, not a probability distribution. It cannot be expressed "in terms of the uniform distribution" as the article says. Maybe it can be expressed in terms of the probability density function (pdf) of a uniformly distributed random variable. Even better would be to just give the formula and say that the pdf of a uniform random variable is a boxcar function. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.187.109.117 (talk) 15:05, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Simplicity

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I think it should important to note that:

The relation with Heaviside step function is interesting and should be noted, but simple descriptions of functions are better for sake of mathematics and programming. Anderson Pozzi (talk) 16:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]