On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Jeff Whitaker wrote: > Rich: The tails of a Gaussian never reach zero - they just asymptote to zero > for large x.
Jeff, For all practical purposes, that's fine. Usually any y value > 0.20 (the default) is considered functionally equivalent to zero. If the display looks close enough to the x axis, that fulfills that purpose. Because these curves are used to determine degree of set membership the tails are of no practical value. Thanks, Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
