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Syntax

Normal.density(u, mu=0, sigma=1);

Description

This function computes the probability density function according to a normal distribution with mean value mu and standard deviation sigma (variance = sigma²). Plot of the function:

For more details, see Wikipedia.

Example

  density(0.5)     // = 0.3520653267642995
  density(3,1,0.5) // = 0.00026766045152977074

See also

Normal.cumulative, Normal.quantile.

y = density(u, mu, sigma)

u	Type: Real Description: Random number over the real axis (-inf < u < inf)
mu	Default Value: 0 Type: Real Description: Expectation (mean) value of the normal distribution
sigma	Default Value: 1 Type: Real Description: Standard deviation of the normal distribution

y	Type: Real Description: Density of u