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Some comments on zonal polynomials and their expected values with respect to elliptical distributions

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In this paper, we give alternative proofs of some results in [15] (Li R.,1997) about the expected value of zonal polynomials.

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The authors wish to express their gratitude to the editor and the referees for their helpful comments and suggestions. This paper was written during J.A. Díaz-García’s stay as a visiting professor at the Department of Statistics and O. R. of the University of Granada, Spain.

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  1. Department of Statistics and Computation, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, 25350, Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

    José A. Díaz-García

  2. Department of Statistics and O. R, University of Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain

    Ramón Gutiérrez-Jáimez

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This research work was partially supported by National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT)-Mexico, research grant 81512 and by Research, Development and Innovation (IDI)-Spain, grant MTM2005-09209.

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Díaz-García, J.A., Gutiérrez-Jáimez, R. Some comments on zonal polynomials and their expected values with respect to elliptical distributions. Acta Math. Appl. Sin. Engl. Ser. 33, 567–574 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10255-011-0092-8

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