Gaussian distribution

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

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

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