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Bellcurve
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Bellcurve

Bell-shaped curve  |  Bell curve   (English)

Definition (advanced level)

The characteristic shape of the graph of a normal distribution is called a bell-shaped curve. It is the graph of
f(x)= 1




2 π
exp(x2 /2).

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