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Math: Gauß Integral 2 (10 min)

Use $ \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}dx e^{-x^2}=\sqrt{\pi} $ to prove the formula for the Gauß integral
$\displaystyle \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}dx e^{-ax^2+bx}=\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{a}}e^{{b^2}/{4a}},\quad a>0.$     (1)



Tobias Brandes 2004-02-04