Shani Davis wins Olympic gold with flawless form. Speedskater Shani Davis successfully defended his gold medal in 1,000-meter Olympic speedskating. In 2006, he became the first African-American to win individual gold in the Winter Games. February 17, 2010. Shani Davis of the USA won speed-skating gold on Wednesday.
Noun. 1. Gaussian curve-a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution. bell-shaped curve, Gaussian shape, normal curve. statistics-a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters.aussian curve-a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution. bell-shaped curve, Gaussian shape, normal curve. statistics-a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters.
Maria Gaetana Agnesi is best known from the curve called the Witch of Agnesi (see illustration from her text Analytical Institutions). Agnesi wrote the equation of this curve in the form y = a*sqrt(a*x-x*x)/x because she considered the x-axis to be the vertical axis and the y-axis to be the horizontal axis [Kennedy].