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This is wrong twice I'm afraid.

First: a graph with two infinite dimensions doesn't have a top right point, it has a top right extent.

Second: when graphing, you don't get to pick what the normal is. That's a property of the graph. It is not the (impossible) property you've described.




Choosing the normal in this case would mean the most common among the population would it not?


Precisely, the highest point on the curve where the derivative is zero.


I feel like two different definitions of 'normal' are at odds here. 'Normal' in the context of a graph, and 'normal' to mean typical or usual


The semantics are chosen to be as close to identical as is feasible given data.




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