Quincunx

Galton's quincunx device generates a discrete approximation to the Gaussian distribution. There are many demonstration programs available on the web.

• google search for quincunx
• Bean Machine at wikipedia

Movies:

• The Amazing Normal Distribution Function
• Quincunx - The Probability Machine
• IFA.com - Sir Francis: Probability Machine, Galton Board, Randomness Simulator, Quincunx

Demos, try it yourself!

• Quincunx at mathisfun
• An Illustration of Basic Probability: The Normal Distribution
• Bean Machine

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origin: 2010 Mar 04
updated: 2010 Mar 04

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