Normal(s) or The Normal(s) may refer to:

Film and television

* ''Normal'' (2003 film), starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson * ''Normal'' (2007 film), starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers, Callum Keith Rennie, and Andrew Airlie * ''Normal'' (2009 film), an adaptation of Anthony Neilson's 1991 play ''Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper'' * ''

Normal! ''Normal!'' is a 2011 Algerian drama film written and directed by Merzak Allouache. It won the award for Best Film at the 2011 Doha Tribeca Film Festival The Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) was an annual five-day film festival that was organ ...

'', a 2011 Algerian film * ''The Normals'' (film), a 2012 American comedy film * "Normal" (''New Girl''), an episode of the TV series

Mathematics

Normal (geometry) In geometry, a normal is an object such as a line, ray, or vector that is perpendicular to a given object. For example, the normal line to a plane curve at a given point is the (infinite) line perpendicular to the tangent line to the curve at ...

, an object such as a line or vector that is perpendicular to a given object *

Normal basis In mathematics, specifically the algebraic theory of fields, a normal basis is a special kind of basis for Galois extensions of finite degree, characterised as forming a single orbit for the Galois group. The normal basis theorem states that any f ...

(of a Galois extension), used heavily in cryptography *

Normal bundle In differential geometry, a field of mathematics, a normal bundle is a particular kind of vector bundle, complementary to the tangent bundle, and coming from an embedding (or immersion). Definition Riemannian manifold Let (M,g) be a Riemannian m ...

Normal cone In algebraic geometry, the normal cone C_XY of a subscheme X of a scheme Y is a scheme analogous to the normal bundle or tubular neighborhood in differential geometry. Definition The normal cone or C_ of an embedding , defined by some sheaf of i ...

, of a subscheme in algebraic geometry *

Normal coordinates In differential geometry, normal coordinates at a point ''p'' in a differentiable manifold equipped with a symmetric affine connection are a local coordinate system in a neighborhood of ''p'' obtained by applying the exponential map to the tang ...

, in differential geometry, local coordinates obtained from the exponential map (Riemannian geometry) *

Normal distribution In statistics, a normal distribution or Gaussian distribution is a type of continuous probability distribution for a real-valued random variable. The general form of its probability density function is : f(x) = \frac e^ The parameter \mu ...

, the Gaussian continuous probability distribution * Normal equations, describing the solution of the

linear least squares Linear least squares (LLS) is the least squares approximation of linear functions to data. It is a set of formulations for solving statistical problems involved in linear regression, including variants for ordinary (unweighted), weighted, and ...

problem *

Normal extension In abstract algebra, a normal extension is an algebraic field extension ''L''/''K'' for which every irreducible polynomial over ''K'' which has a root in ''L'', splits into linear factors in ''L''. These are one of the conditions for algebraic ext ...

s (or quasi-Galois), field extensions, splitting fields for a set of polynomials over the base field *

Normal family In mathematics, with special application to complex analysis, a ''normal family'' is a pre-compact subset of the space of continuous functions. Informally, this means that the functions in the family are not widely spread out, but rather stick tog ...

, a pre-compact family of continuous functions *

Normal function In axiomatic set theory, a function ''f'' : Ord → Ord is called normal (or a normal function) if and only if it is continuous (with respect to the order topology) and strictly monotonically increasing. This is equivalent to the following two c ...

, in set theory *

Normal invariant In mathematics, a normal map is a concept in geometric topology due to William Browder which is of fundamental importance in surgery theory. Given a Poincaré complex ''X'' (more geometrically a Poincaré space), a normal map on ''X'' endows the s ...

s, in geometric topology *

Normal matrix In mathematics, a complex square matrix is normal if it commutes with its conjugate transpose : The concept of normal matrices can be extended to normal operators on infinite dimensional normed spaces and to normal elements in C*-algebras. As ...

, a matrix that commutes with its conjugate transpose *

Normal measure In set theory, a normal measure is a measure on a measurable cardinal κ such that the equivalence class of the identity function on κ maps to κ itself in the ultrapower construction. Equivalently, if f:κ→κ is such that f(α)<α for most α<κ ...

, in set theory *

Normal number In mathematics, a real number is said to be simply normal in an integer base b if its infinite sequence of digits is distributed uniformly in the sense that each of the b digit values has the same natural density 1/b. A number is said to b ...

, a real number with a "uniform" distribution of digits *

Normal operator In mathematics, especially functional analysis, a normal operator on a complex Hilbert space ''H'' is a continuous linear operator ''N'' : ''H'' → ''H'' that commutes with its hermitian adjoint ''N*'', that is: ''NN*'' = ''N*N''. Normal operat ...

, an operator that commutes with its Hermitian adjoint *

Normal order of an arithmetic function In number theory, a normal order of an arithmetic function is some simpler or better-understood function which "usually" takes the same or closely approximate values. Let ''f'' be a function on the natural numbers. We say that ''g'' is a normal or ...

, a type of asymptotic behavior useful in number theory *

Normal polytope In mathematics, specifically in combinatorial commutative algebra, a convex lattice polytope ''P'' is called normal if it has the following property: given any positive integer ''n'', every lattice point of the dilation ''nP'', obtained from ''P' ...

s, in polyhedral geometry and computational commutative algebra *

Normal ring In commutative algebra, an integrally closed domain ''A'' is an integral domain whose integral closure in its field of fractions is ''A'' itself. Spelled out, this means that if ''x'' is an element of the field of fractions of ''A'' which is a root ...

, a reduced ring whose localizations at prime ideals are integrally closed domains *

Normal scheme In algebraic geometry, an algebraic variety or scheme ''X'' is normal if it is normal at every point, meaning that the local ring at the point is an integrally closed domain. An affine variety ''X'' (understood to be irreducible) is normal if and ...

, a scheme whose local rings are normal domains *

Normal sequence (disambiguation) In mathematics, the term ''normal sequence'' has multiple meanings, depending on the area of specialty. In general, it is a sequence with "nice" properties. * In set theory, a normal sequence is one that is continuous and strictly increasing. ...

, either a normal function or a representation of a normal number *

Normal space In topology and related branches of mathematics, a normal space is a topological space ''X'' that satisfies Axiom T4: every two disjoint closed sets of ''X'' have disjoint open neighborhoods. A normal Hausdorff space is also called a T4 space. Th ...

(or

T_4

), spaces, topological spaces characterized by separation of closed sets *

Normal subgroup In abstract algebra, a normal subgroup (also known as an invariant subgroup or self-conjugate subgroup) is a subgroup that is invariant under conjugation by members of the group of which it is a part. In other words, a subgroup N of the group G i ...

, a subgroup invariant under conjugation

Music

* ''Normal'' (album), a 2005 album by Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal * "Normal" (Alonzo song) * "Normal" (Eminem song) * "Normal", a song by

Gucci Mane Radric Delantic Davis (born February 12, 1980), known professionally as Gucci Mane, is an American rapper and record executive. He helped pioneer the hip hop subgenre of trap music alongside fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Young Jeezy, ...

* "Normal", a song by Porcupine Tree from '' Nil Recurring'' * "Normal", a song by AJR from '' The Click (Deluxe Edition)'' *

The Normal The Normal is the recording artist name used by English music producer Daniel Miller, a film editor at the time, who is best known as the founder of the record label Mute Records. Background In 1977, Miller had split up with his girlfriend. A ...

, a recording project of English music producer Daniel Miller * The Normals (Christian band), an American Christian alternative rock band * The Normals (New Orleans band), a 1970s American punk band

Places

Normal, Alabama Normal, Alabama is the home of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU), the largest HBCU in Alabama. The university is situated in Huntsville, Alabama's northern city limits in Madison County. Normal was established in 1890, when ...

Normal, Illinois Normal is a town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 52,736. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, and Illinois' seventh most ...

* Normal, Indiana *

Normal, Kentucky Normal is a residential unincorporated community, located within the city of Ashland, Kentucky along U.S. Route 23 and U.S. Route 60 and the Ohio River. It was annexed by the City of Ashland in 1905. Previously, Normal was an independent comm ...

Normal, Ohio ''Normal, Ohio'' is an American television sitcom aired on Fox in 2000. The show stars John Goodman as William "Butch" Gamble, a gay man returning to his Midwestern home town. The cast also includes Joely Fisher, Anita Gillette, Orson Bean, Mo G ...

* Normal Station, Memphis

Transportation

* Normal metro station, in Mexico City *

Uptown Station Uptown Station is an intermodal transportation center in Normal, Illinois, United States. It is served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and is the major intercity rail station in north-central Illinois. It appears on Amtrak tim ...

, otherwise known as Normal Station, in Illinois

Other

Norm (social) Social norms are shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups. Social norms can both be informal understandings that govern the behavior of members of a society, as well as be codified into rules and laws. Social normative influences or soci ...

, collective representations of acceptable group conduct * '' Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper'', a 1991 play by Anthony Neilson * Normal concentration, a measure of concentration for a chemical in a solution *

Normal good In economics, a normal good is a type of a Good (economics), good which experiences an increase in demand due to an increase in income, unlike inferior goods, for which the opposite is observed. When there is an increase in a person's income, for ...

s, a concept used in economics *

Normal mode A normal mode of a dynamical system is a pattern of motion in which all parts of the system move sinusoidally with the same frequency and with a fixed phase relation. The free motion described by the normal modes takes place at fixed frequencies. ...

s, of vibration in an oscillating system *

Normal order In quantum field theory a product of quantum fields, or equivalently their creation and annihilation operators, is usually said to be normal ordered (also called Wick order) when all creation operators are to the left of all annihilation operator ...

, or Wick order in Quantum Field Theory *

Normal school A normal school or normal college is an institution created to Teacher education, train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum. In the 19th century in the United States, instruction in normal schools was at the high s ...

, a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers * Charles Normal (born 1965), American record producer *

Henry Normal Henry Normal (real name Peter James Carroll, born 15 August 1956) is a writer, poet, TV and film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Manchester Literature Festival) and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. In Ju ...