Determining Overlap of Two Gaussians Mathematically

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Hello,

how is the overlap of two gaussians determined mathematically?

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Yes,
it is done by convolution. Details can be seen by goggling convolution.
 
fk08 said:
Hello,

how is the overlap of two gaussians determined mathematically?

Thanks

Do you mean the points of intersection of two distributions, or the form of the sum/difference of two distributions, or the amount of probability contained in a region of overlap?