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Spherical symmetry: An elementary justification

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The present paper includes characterizations of the conditions of spherical symmetry and of centered spherical symmetry. These characterizations provide an empirical justification for the above mentioned conditions of symmetry.

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  1. School of Statistics, University of Minnesota, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Morris L. Eaton

  2. CNR-IAMI, via Ampère, 56, I-20131, Milano, Italy

    Sandra Fortini

  3. Università «L. Bocconi», via Sarfatti, 25, I-20136, Milano, Italy

    Eugenio Regazzini

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Eaton, M.L., Fortini, S. & Regazzini, E. Spherical symmetry: An elementary justification. J. It. Statist. Soc. 2, 1–16 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02589072

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