Re: Mathematica 5.1 Cumulative Normal Definition
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- Subject: [mg58063] Re: Mathematica 5.1 Cumulative Normal Definition
- From: "Ray Koopman" <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 05:19:38 -0400 (EDT)
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Frank M wrote: > (normalcdf[x_] := 1/2 Erf[x^2] + 1/2; > [...] Are you sure you copied that right? If x is standard normal (mean = 0, variance = 1) then its cdf is 1/2 Erf[x/Sqrt[2]] + 1/2, which is equivalent to 1/2 Erfc[-x/Sqrt[2]].