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11 Aug 2024 05:20:09 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Smooth random  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 11 Oct 1999 21:01:58
Message: <38028858.93D6E903@peak.edu.ee>
Nieminen Juha wrote:
> 
>   No, normal distribution is distributed in the form e^(-x^2). You can get
> an approximation by calculating the average of at least three random numbers
> (the more the numbers, the better the approximation, but three is usually
> close enough).
> 

Sorry about the confusion. I always have those mixed up for some reason.
Perhaps a gaussian distribution macro would also be useful...
But not necessary, as the average of 3 norm^H^H^H^H linear distribution macros
would do the trick.

Margus


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