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The most important density function is the normal PDF which is present in almost all science and scientific techniques. This is why the PDF is called normal, because it presents a normal behavior for a lot of random appearances. It is also known as a Gaussian random variable in honor of famous mathematician K.F. Gauss who used it in his important works in the theory of probability. However, it was first defined by the mathematician De Moivre in 1733.
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Dolecek, G.J. (2013). Normal Random Variable. In: Random Signals and Processes Primer with MATLAB. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2386-7_4
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