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.. function:: gauss(mu, sigma)
- Gaussian distribution. *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard
- deviation. This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function
- defined below.
+ Normal distribution, also called the Gaussian distribution. *mu* is the mean,
+ and *sigma* is the standard deviation. This is slightly faster than
+ the :func:`normalvariate` function defined below.
Multithreading note: When two threads call this function
simultaneously, it is possible that they will receive the