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public&nbsp;double&nbsp;getBeta()</pre>
<div class="block"><span class="strong">Deprecated.</span>&nbsp;<i>as of version 3.1, <a href="../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/distribution/GammaDistribution.html#getScale()"><code>getScale()</code></a> should be preferred.
 This method will be removed in version 4.0.</i></div>
<div class="block">Returns the scale parameter of <code