Timeline for Why is the density function of a sum of many iid random variables (i.e., the Gaussian) self-dual?
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| Nov 5, 2014 at 18:23 | comment | added | chris tulane | Note that the sech density is also self dual, and is not a stable density. | |
| Jul 10, 2014 at 1:38 | comment | added | Alex R. | The generalized central limit theorem applies to stable distributions, which in general are not self dual. | |
| Jul 10, 2014 at 1:23 | comment | added | Alex R. | The fact that the characteristic function is the same is "because" the Gaussian, along with Hermite polynomials are eigenfunctions of the Fourier transform: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform#Eigenfunctions | |
| Jul 10, 2014 at 0:51 | history | asked | Ash Malyshev | CC BY-SA 3.0 |