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2015-07-06

La evolución de la distribución normal

The Evolution of the Normal Distribution

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15332/s2027-3355.2008.0001.02
Saul Stahl
Department of Mathematics. University of Kansas.
Luis Másmela
Profesor. Universidad Distrital.
William Rincón
Profesor. Universidad Santo Tomás.
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Abstract (en)

Statistics is the most widely applied of all mathematical disciplines and at the center of statistics lies the normal distribution, known to millions of people as the bell curve, or the bell-shaped curve. In this paper, the evolution of the most important probability distribution during several centuries is presented.
Keywords (en): Distribución normal, probabilidad

Abstract (es)

La estadística es la más extensa de todas las aplicaciones de la matemática y en el centro de la estadística se encuentra la distribución normal, conocida por millones de personas como la curva en forma de campana o la curva acampanada. En este artículo se expone la evolución que la más importante distribución de probabilidad ha sufrido en varios siglos.
Keywords (es): Distribución normal, probabilidad

References

Stahl, S. (2006), `The evolution of the normal distribution', MATHEMATICS MAGAZINE79(2), 96{113.

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Stahl, S., Másmela, L., & Rincón, W. (2015). The Evolution of the Normal Distribution. Comunicaciones En Estadística, 1(1), 13-32. https://doi.org/10.15332/s2027-3355.2008.0001.02

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