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Introduction to stellar statistics.
Introduction to Stellar Statistics discusses the fundamental concepts that are essential in utilizing statistical methods in quantifying the variables present in celestial bodies. The title emphasizes detailing a conceptual system that aids in the organization of collected data. The text first intro...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford, New York,
Pergamon Press
[1967]
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| Edition: | [1st ed.]. |
| Series: | International series of monographs in natural philosophy ;
v. 10. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Introduction to Stellar Statistics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; LIST OF PLATES; CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION; 1. A Qualitative Survey; CHAPTER II. THE OBSERVATIONAL DATA; 2. The Direction of the Star Light; 3. The Quality of the Star Light; 4. The Quantity of the Star Light: Photometry; 5. The Quantity of the Star Light: Colorimetry; CHAPTER III. ELEMENTS OF STATISTICS; 6. The Concept of Probability; 7. Statistical Independence; 8. Expectation Values; 9. Some Probability Distributions; 10. The Fourier Transform; 11. Statistical Applications of the Fourier Transform
- 12. Further Probability Distributions13. Estimation; 14. Testing Hypotheses; 15. Confidence Regions; 16. Regression; CHAPTER IV. THE APPARENT DISTRIBUTION OF THE STARS AND GALAXIES; 17. The Galactic Plane; 18. The Apparent Distribution of the Stars; 19. The Apparent Distribution of the Star Clusters; 20. The Apparent Distribution of the Galaxies; CHAPTER V. KINEMATICS; 21. The Solar Motion Estimated from Radial Velocities; 22. The Solar Motion Estimated from Proper Motions; 23. The Mean Motion of the Stars: Galactic Rotation; 24. The Mean Motion of the Galaxies: the Red-shift
- 25. The Distribution of the Stellar Velocities in the Vicinity of the SunCHAPTER VI. STELLAR DISTANCES; 26. Primary Methods of Estimating Stellar Distances; 27. Colour-magnitude Diagrams; 28. Secondary Methods of Estimating Stellar Distances; 29. Tertiary Methods of Estimating Stellar Distances; CHAPTER VII. INTEGRAL EQUATIONS OF STELLAR STATISTICS; 30. The Basic Integral Equations; 31. Solving the Integral Equations; 32. The Moments of the Solutions of the Integral Equations; 33. Approximation in the Mean; 34. The Convolution Equation: Miscellanea; 35. Conditional Means
- 36. Spherically Symmetrical Star ClustersAPPENDIX I: SOME RESEARCH PROBLEMS; APPENDIX II: QUADRATIC FORMS ON THE UNIT SPHERE; APPENDIX III: SOME RECENT WORK ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF STELLAR VELOCITIES; REFERENCES; INDEX; OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY