"Joseph Legris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > nothanks wrote: > > > > I don't think being able to integrate the formula (which > > isn't possible anyways) is necessary. > > > > Is this really true? And I thought I was just stupid. It looks like it > should have a closed form solution. > -- > Best regards, > Joseph Legris
Hi Joseph, The integral of the normal pdf has not been expressed in closed form and is approximated by numerical techniques. In 1783 Laplace called for its tabulation and the first substantial tables were published in 1799 by C. Kramp, a French physicist. -- Greg (remove BALL from address to reply) . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
