Normal Distribution

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Probability Distribution
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Gaussian_Distribution
gptkbp:areaUnderCurve 1
gptkbp:characteristic exp(iμt - 0.5σ^2t^2)
gptkbp:continuity true
gptkbp:cumulativeDistributionFunction Φ((x-μ)/σ)
gptkbp:definedIn real numbers
gptkbp:describedBy mean
standard deviation
variance
gptkbp:describedYear 18th century
gptkbp:entropy 0.5*ln(2πeσ^2)
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
gptkb:Abraham_de_Moivre
gptkbp:hasFeature gptkb:Standard_Normal_Distribution
gptkbp:hasInflectionPoints μ ± σ
gptkbp:hasProbabilityDensityFunction f(x) = (1/(σ√(2π))) * exp(- (x-μ)^2 / (2σ^2))
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase gptkb:exponential_family
stable distributions
elliptical distributions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Normal Distribution
gptkbp:isMaximumEntropyDistribution for given mean and variance
gptkbp:isStableUnderSummation true
gptkbp:isUnimodal true
gptkbp:kurtosis 3
gptkbp:limitation gptkb:Central_Limit_Theorem
gptkbp:meanSymbol μ
gptkbp:medium mean
gptkbp:mode mean
gptkbp:momentGeneratingFunction exp(μt + 0.5σ^2t^2)
gptkbp:parameter mean
standard deviation
variance
gptkbp:skewness 0
gptkbp:standardDeviationSymbol σ
gptkbp:standardFormMean 0
gptkbp:standardFormStandardDeviation 1
gptkbp:standardFormVariance 1
gptkbp:supports (-∞, ∞)
gptkbp:symmetry true
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:signal_processing
statistical analysis
hypothesis testing
modeling measurement errors
statistical inference
quality control
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:machine_learning
gptkb:natural_sciences
engineering
finance
statistics
gptkbp:varianceSymbol σ^2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quasi-Normal_Distribution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7