Gauss

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1. Carl Friedrich Gauss.

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2. Gaussian distribution.

See normal distribution.

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3. The unit of magnetic field strength. 1 gauss = 1 Maxwell / cm^2.

A good loudspeaker coil magnet flux density is of the order of 10000 gauss.

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4. A powerful matrix programming language by Aptech Systems. Gauss is very popular with econometricians.

http://rhkoning.xs4all.nl/gauss/index.htm.

Last updated: 2003-10-25

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