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A Sum of Gaussian Random Variables is a Gaussian Random
Variable
A basic result from the theory of random variables is that when you
sum two independent random variables, you convolve their
probability density functions (PDF). (Equivalently, in the frequency
domain, their characteristic functions multiply.)
That the sum of two independent Gaussian random variables is Gaussian
follows immediately from the fact that Gaussians are closed under
multiplication (or convolution).
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