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Document that random.gauss is normal distribution (GH-24935)
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.. function:: gauss(mu, sigma)
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Gaussian distribution. *mu* is the mean, and *sigma* is the standard
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deviation. This is slightly faster than the :func:`normalvariate` function
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defined below.
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Normal distribution, also called the Gaussian distribution. *mu* is the mean,
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and *sigma* is the standard deviation. This is slightly faster than
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the :func:`normalvariate` function defined below.
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Multithreading note: When two threads call this function
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simultaneously, it is possible that they will receive the

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