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Approximating a normal distribution by summing three uniformly distributed random numbers is pretty clever. And it's a nice visual effect as well.
by Kronopath 13y ago
Approximating a normal distribution by summing three uniformly distributed random numbers is pretty clever. And it's a nice visual effect as well.
- RobinL 13y agoA nice illustration of the central limit theorem! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem This means there's nothing special about 3 - the more times you add uniforms together, the more normal it becomes. Also it doesn't matter if the uniform isn't uniform.