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Re:So much of academia is about connections and reputation l... by Myrmornis on Saturday May 16, 2020 @01:05AM (#23200635)
Yep you’re right, I said something daft. It looks pretty much like a Gaussian doesn’t it?
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Re:So much of academia is about connections and reputation l... by throwlaplace on Saturday May 16, 2020 @01:07AM (#23200649)
small tails. maybe. it could be anything though with the right parameters.
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Re:So much of academia is about connections and reputation l... by gji on Saturday May 16, 2020 @01:22AM (#23200719)
Definitely not a cubic function though, you can't get a polynomial to hit 0 that nicely. Any polynomial's leading order term will dominate as x increases. Unless they're using a super high order polynomial and hiding the blowup off the edge of the plot.
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