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Estimating an even spherical measure from its sine transform

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To reconstruct an even Borel measure on the unit sphere from finitely many values of its sine transform a least square estimator is proposed. Applying results by Gardner, Kiderlen and Milanfar we estimate its rate of convergence and prove strong consistency. We close this paper by giving an estimator for the directional distribution of certain threedimensional stationary Poisson processes of convex cylinders which have applications in material science.

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  1. Institut für Diskrete Mathematik und Geometrie, TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, 1040, Wien, Austria

    Lars Michael Hoffmann

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When writing this paper the author was funded by the Marie-Curie Research Training Network “Phenomena in High-Dimensions” (MRTN-CT-2004-511953).

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Hoffmann, L.M. Estimating an even spherical measure from its sine transform. Appl Math 54, 67–78 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10492-009-0005-9

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