KnowraCharacteristic functionLinked fromLinked fromThe 40 pages that link to Characteristic function, each with the reason it gives.All 40Broader topic 2Related 32Narrower topic 1Compared with 5Indicator functionCompared with: This is a common alternative name for the same set-membership function.Cumulative distribution functionCompared with: Like a CDF, it uniquely determines a distribution, but uses a Fourier-transform representation.Moment-generating functionCompared with: It resembles the moment-generating function but always exists, even when moments do not.Probability-generating functionCompared with: Unlike this function, it always exists and handles variables that are not nonnegative integers.Rectangular functionCompared with: Despite the shared name, it is not an interval indicator or rectangular pulse.