Reciprocal of a normal random variable

From: magnetite <zhangjie817@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:00:18 +0000 (UTC)

Assume X is a positive (since being negative can make things really
nasty) r.v. and approximately follows a normal distribution, and Y =
1 / X. Is Y called a inverse normal random variable? (it seems to me
that the answer should be NO). If not, does anybody know of any
existing results regarding the properties of the random variable Y?

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