What Is the Difference between Gamma and Gaussian Distributions? - Applied Mathematics

AM > Vol.4 No.2, February 2013

What Is the Difference between Gamma and Gaussian Distributions? ()

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DOI: 10.4236/am.2013.42043 7,832 Downloads 14,290 Views

Author(s)

Xiao-Li Hu

Affiliation(s)

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.

ABSTRACT

An inequality describing the difference between Gamma and Gaussian distributions is derived. The asymptotic bound is much better than by existing uniform bound from Berry-Esseen inequality.

KEYWORDS

Gamma Distribution; Gaussian Distribution; Berry-Esseen Inequality; Characteristic Function

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X. Hu, "What Is the Difference between Gamma and Gaussian Distributions?," Applied Mathematics, Vol. 4 No. 2, 2013, pp. 285-289. doi: 10.4236/am.2013.42043.

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