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aet
on July 2, 2013
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Normal vs. Fat-tailed Distributions
Also, it is important to note that Gaussian is symmetric about its mean, whereas an exponential distribution takes values between 0 and infinity.
unlikelymordant
on July 3, 2013
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I think OP is talking about the two sided exponential i.e. laplace distribution which is symmetric about its mean.
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