What exactly is meant by triangular distribution? Some of the questions which has this term say that if we add two independent uniform distribution we get a triangular distribution. I would like to know that .. are there some particular properties which make a distribution triangular distribution. Explanation with an example will be preferable. Thanks in advance!
A triangular distribution is one which looks like a triangle surprisingly! More here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular_distribution When you add two independent Uniform distributions, the resultant distribution is triangular. Try yourself for two U(0,1) using convolution. The PDF should come out to be.
