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Re:Eleven proofs of the Gaussian integral [pdf] by Y_Y on Monday September 13, 2021 @05:56AM (#28509483)
I think the tenth (Cauchy residue) and eleventh (Fourier domain) are my favourites, and what I'd use if I had to produce a proof to save my life.

I didn't know you could use the Stirling Approximation though. Anyone who does any thermodynamics should be very familiar with this trick, but I think people rarely include the second order term with the suspicious sqrt(pi) factor, much less think about where it comes from.

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