Normal tail probability bounds

by John on October 22, 2009

Here are some notes on upper and lower bounds on the probability P(Z > t) for a standard normal random random variable Z. I wrote up these notes to settle a issue that came up in a probability class I’m teaching. It’s surprising that there are simple functions that provide efficient bounds on the normal distribution function.

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