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    # exercise 4.1.2
    
    from matplotlib.pyplot import (figure, title, subplot, plot, hist, show)
    import numpy as np
    # Number of samples
    N = 200
    
    # Mean
    mu = 17
    
    # Standard deviation
    s = 2
    
    # Number of bins in histogram
    nbins = 20
    
    # Generate samples from the Normal distribution
    X = np.random.normal(mu,s,N).T 
    # or equally:
    X = np.random.randn(N).T * s + mu
    
    # Plot the samples and histogram
    figure()
    title('Normal distribution')
    subplot(1,2,1)
    plot(X,'x')
    subplot(1,2,2)
    hist(X, bins=nbins)
    
    # Compute empirical mean and standard deviation
    mu_ = X.mean()
    s_ = X.std(ddof=1)
    
    print("Theoretical mean: ", mu)
    print("Theoretical std.dev.: ", s)
    print("Empirical mean: ", mu_)
    print("Empirical std.dev.: ", s_)
    
    show()
    
    print('Ran Exercise 4.1.2')