Gaussian distribution

The Gaussian distribution (also known as the normal distribution) is given by:

$P(x)=\frac{1}{\sigma \sqrt{2\pi }}\exp (\frac{-(x-\mu {)}^2}{2{\sigma }^2})$

where $\mu$ is the mean and ${\sigma }^2$ is the variance.

Applications in statistical mechanics

• Diffusion
• Rouse model

See also

• Numbers with a Gaussian distribution

External links

• MathWorld Normal Distribution