gaussian

comparative more gaussian · superlative most gaussian

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gaussian.

comparative more Gaussian · superlative most Gaussian · alternative Gaußian

1. mathematicsOf or pertaining to Carl Friedrich Gauss.

   The problem of inversion of the mgf/chf of a sum of lognormals to obtain the CDF/pdf is considered with special reference to methods related to Post Widder technique, Gaussian quadrature and the Fourier series method.

   2016, N B Chakrabarti, “A Note on a Sum of Lognormals”, in arXiv

2. mathematicsNormal.

   The criterion for positivity was determined for each antigen of each species applying a mixture model to the PP data which assumed two inherent Gaussian distributions: a narrow distribution or seronegatives, and a broader distribution of seropositives.

   2015 September 11, “Hotspots of Malaria Transmission in the Peruvian Amazon: Rapid Assessment through a Parasitological and Serological Survey”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

plural Gaussians · alternative Gaußian

1. abbreviationclippingmathematicsClipping of Gaussian function.

   These conditions provide a framework which encompasses some notable approximation kernels including splines, so-called cardinal functions, and many radial basis functions such as the Gaussians and general multiquadrics.

   2016, Keaton Hamm, Jeff Ledford, “Regular Families of Kernels for Nonlinear Approximation”, in arXiv

2. mathematicsThe normal distribution.
3. computer graphicsA holographic element, a fuzzy volume of a specified shape with view-direction dependent coloration.