Geometric Distribution

Notation:

$X \sim Geom(p)$

Probability Mass Function:

$P(X=x)=(1-p)^x p$

where:

Mean:

$\mathrm{E}[X]=\dfrac{1-p}{p}$

Variance:

$\mathrm{Var}[X]=\dfrac{1-p}{p^2}$

Alternative Parameterizations:

References:

  1. Geometric Distribution - Wikipedia
  2. Geometric Distribution - Wolfram MathWorld