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What makes Gaussian distributions special?
I'm looking for as many different arguments or derivations as possible that support the informal claim that Gaussian/Normal distributions are "the most fundamental" among all distributions. … A simple example: the central limit theorem (CLT) shows that the sum of i.i.d. random variables tends towards a Gaussian distribution. …
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