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Re: Gaussian function

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Hi,

> Would anyone know how to plot a Gaussian function (normal
> distribution), please?  I'm using the function below,
>
> normal(x, mu, sd) = (1/(sd*sqrt(2*pi)))*exp(-(x-mu)**2/(2*sd**2))

I guess that your question is already answered in this formula...

> The plot I'd like to make has these parameters,
>
> plot normal(x,70,5) title ""
>
> I set the yrange from zero to one.  The issue at hand is that the
> function should have its maximum at 1 but it does not thus I suppose
> it is wrong.  However i can't figure it out where the error is.

I suppose you mean "the function should have a maximum of 1 at mu=70". 
However, the formula (which seems to bee correct) will not have a 
maximum of 1 in general since the term 1/(sd*sqrt(2*pi)) scales the rest 
of the function and thus defines the maximum (which is 1 in case x=mu if 
this factor is omitted).

For sd=1 the maximum is 1/sqrt(2pi) = 0.3989...

However, the *integral* of the Gaussian from -infinity to +infinity 
should be exact 1 unless otherwise scaled.

HTH,

Ingo

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    Re: Gaussian function AndreLTR <andreltramos@gmail.com> - 2012-01-07 03:27 -0800
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