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Non-Gaussian distributions under scrutiny

Statistical Mechanics 2007-12-20 v1

Abstract

Comment of the very interesting paper by Hilhorst & Schehr, J. Stat. Mech. P06003 (2007). The main point is that one should be extremely careful when interpreting non-Gaussian data in terms of q-Gaussians.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0712.3153,
  title  = {Non-Gaussian distributions under scrutiny},
  author = {Thierry Dauxois},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.3153},
  year   = {2007}
}
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