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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Ah, you're right. I was thrown off by WolframAlpha saying the integral = π ≈ 3.1416 Both of those should be ≈

(x^2 + y^2)=1 is the equation for a unit circle, so it's definitely related. Just not quite how I thought.

[–] OrganicMustard 9 points 5 months ago

Also the 2D gaussian integral is used to give an insight on why the 1D gaussian integral is sqrt of pi. Here is a video with cool visualization for anyone interested.