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A theoretical approach to the description of shapes of the galaxies

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A theoretical study to describe shapes of the galaxies is proposed. A syntactic approach to galaxy shape description as a method for recognition of galaxies is suggested. An attributed grammar is found.

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  1. Technical University of Wroclaw, Wroclow, Poland

    T. Grabińska & M. Zabierowski

  2. Jagiellonian University at Cracow, Poland

    T. Grabińska & M. Zabierowski

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Grabińska, T., Zabierowski, M. A theoretical approach to the description of shapes of the galaxies. Astrophys Space Sci 84, 251–253 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00713641

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