Talk:Normal distribution

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the distribution of 1/X

if X is normal, then what is the distribution of 1/X????? It is good to include this. even there is not solution to it. Jackzhp (talk) 23:34, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

You transform it to u=1/x and you make calculations —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.103.101.115 (talk) 19:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Someone has been messing around with this page, adding obscenities.

e.g . Under 'definition' there is 'The factor fuck you man in this expression ensures that the total area under the curve '

The page should be restored to its former condition.

mathworld

Are all of the references to Mathworld/Wolfram really needed? See footnotes 12, 15, 16, 16, 26, and below the footnotes Weisstein, Eric W. "Normal distribution". MathWorld. Do all of these contribute something that is not already covered in the article? Mathstat (talk) 23:49, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Well, they are all references, their purpose is not to add something new to the article, but to back up claims made in the article. One may ask whether or not these references are reliable and trustworthy, or whether there are any better references to replace them, but as of right now all footnotes that you listed are doing their job.  // stpasha »  01:32, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Merging with gaussian function

removed misplaced merge template for merge from Gaussian function

The Gaussian function does also have numerous applications outside the field of statistics, for example regarding solution of diffusion equations and Hermite functions and regarding feature detection in computer vision. If this article would be merged under normal distributions, these connections would be lost. Hence, I think that it is more appropriate to keep the present article on the Gaussian with appropriate cross referencing and developing the article further. Tpl (talk) 11:53, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Merge templates go on articles not discussion pages. This has all be discussed before on the articles' talk pages, and rejected. Melcombe (talk) 14:48, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect Kullback-Leibler divergence

The Kullback-Leibler divergence quoted in the article appears to be incorrect. In particular the log(sigma_1/sigma_2) term should not be in the brackets. It would be useful for someone to confirm this. The source quoted appears to be correct: http://www.allisons.org/ll/MML/KL/Normal/ Egkauston (talk) 07:32, 29 November 2011 (UTC) Update: I checked again and I was wrong. The entry appears to be correct. Egkauston (talk) 07:51, 29 November 2011 (UTC)