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89.36 On evaluating the probability integral: a simple one-variable proof

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Robert M. Young*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074 USA, e-mail: [email protected]

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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2005

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