Paul Doyle wrote:
The RandomData interface stipulates that the standard deviation value
for a call to nextGaussian(double mu, double sigma) should be greater
than zero.  Can anybody explain to me why this restriction exists?

It is a restriction of the distribution itself, rather than an
implementation restriction. See
 http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GaussianFunction.html

Given that the standard deviation is in the denominator of a
subexpression in the distribution function, it seems unwise to
allow a value of zero.

J.Pietschmann

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