It is shown that 1√2π ∫₋ₓˣ e-1/2t² dt ≥ 1 - e-(2/π)x²¹/2 and that the equality is never in error by as much as three-fourths of one percent. Other approximations are discussed.
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Joy Williams (1946) studied this question.