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Plotting a gaussian (tutorial)
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Example ``matplotlib`` to plot a gaussian.

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Let's import numpy and matplotlib

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    def gaussian(x, mu=0, sig=1):
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Lets create the x and y values

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Lets plot using matplotlib

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