Why Gaussian?

This section lists some of the points of origin for the Gaussian function in mathematics and physics.

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Subsections

• Central Limit Theorem
• Iterated Convolutions
• Binomial Distribution
• Boltzmann Energy Distribution in Potential Well

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About the Author: Julius Orion Smith III
Julius Smith's background is in electrical engineering (BS Rice 1975, PhD Stanford 1983). He is presently Professor of Music and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), teaching courses and pursuing research related to signal processing applied to music and audio systems. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/ for details.