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102.07 Evaluating the probability integral by approximating exp(−x2)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Hsuan-Chi Chen
Hsuan-Chi Chen*
Affiliation:
Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA e-mail: chenh@unm.edu
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 102 , Issue 553 , March 2018 , pp. 111 - 113
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