Definition (Gaussian concentration)

For X𝒩(μ,σ2)X \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu,\sigma^2):

Pr[X=μ±x]1σ2πex2/2σ2\mathrm{Pr}[X=\mu \pm x] \sim \frac{1}{\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}e^{-x^2/2\sigma^2}

See Gaussian tail bound

in terms of GG function,
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Probability density function (pdf) of Gaussian distribution

The probability density function of a normally distributed random variable, with expected value μ=b\mu = b, and variance σ2=c2\sigma^2 = c^2, is

g(x)=1σ2πexp(12(xμ)2σ2)g(x)={\frac {1}{\sigma {\sqrt {2\pi }}}}\exp \left(-{\frac {1}{2}}{\frac {(x-\mu )^{2}}{\sigma ^{2}}}\right)

Gaussian function

Gaussian function takes the form f(x)=exp(x2)f(x) = \exp(-x^2),
and parametric extension f(x)=aexp((xb)22c2)f(x)=a\exp \left(-{\frac {(x-b)^{2}}{2c^{2}}}\right), a,b,ca,b,c \in \mathbb{R}.

Jointly Gaussian

two variables

(X,Y)=𝒩(η1,η2,σ12,σ22,r)(X,Y) = \mathcal{N}(\eta_1, \eta_2, \sigma_1^2,\sigma_2^2,r)
where |r|1|r|\leq 1 (correlation coefficient)

pdf given by
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See also:


References:

  1. Gaussian function - Wikipedia: