--- trunk/electrostaticMethodsPaper/electrostaticMethods.tex 2006/03/21 15:46:55 2651 +++ trunk/electrostaticMethodsPaper/electrostaticMethods.tex 2006/03/21 19:26:59 2652 @@ -577,8 +577,11 @@ accumulated in a distribution function and weighted by where $\hat{f}_\textrm{M}$ is the unit vector pointing along the force vector computed using method M. Each of these $\theta$ values was accumulated in a distribution function and weighted by the area on the -unit sphere. Non-linear Gaussian fits were used to measure the width -of the resulting distributions. +unit sphere. Since this distribution is a measure of angular error +between two different electrostatic summation methods, there is no +{\it a priori} reason for the profile to adhere to any specific +shape. Thus, gaussian fits were used to measure the width of the +resulting distributions. % %\begin{figure} %\centering