 Cauchy approximate identity (source code)

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= Cauchy approximate identity
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The Cauchy approximate identity is
$$
\delta_\varepsilon(x)=\frac{\varepsilon}{\pi(\varepsilon^2+x^2)}.
$$
It is a <probability density> of total mass one, and its mass outside every fixed neighbourhood of zero tends to zero as $\varepsilon\to0$. It therefore converges to the <Dirac delta function> as a <distribution>.

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