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There are both Discrete and Continuous members of the exponential family which are useful and important in theoretical or practical work. We use Cumulative Distribution Function s in order to encompass both discrete and continuous distributions. A member of the exponential family has Cdf

  :<math>S "dFdH" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title} =-\int {dF\over dH}\ln{dF\over dH}\,dH</math>
  :<math>S "dFdH" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title} =\int\ln{dH\over dF}\,dF</math>