Gaussian Random Variable

Definition (Gaussian)

A continuous RV XX with pdf f(x)=12πσ2e(xμ)22σ2f(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^{2}}}e^{\frac{-(x-\mu)^{2}}{2\sigma^{2}}}is called a normal RV with mean μ\mu and variance σ2\sigma^{2}. For RV XN(μ,σ2)X\sim N(\mu,\sigma^2) E[X]=μVar(X)=σ2\begin{align*} E[X]&=\mu\\ \mathrm{Var}(X)&=\sigma^{2} \end{align*}

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