Some Statistical Problems in Cosmology

Barrow, John D.

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John D. Barrow³

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A brief introduction is given to some statistical questions that arise in the study of galaxy clustering in the universe. Topics include observational surveys of galaxy clustering, the origins of clustering in cosmological models, galaxy correlation functions, double Poisson models, Voronoi tessellations, minimal spanning trees, and Saslaw’s distribution function.

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Barrow, J.D. (1992). Some Statistical Problems in Cosmology. In: Feigelson, E.D., Babu, G.J. (eds) Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9290-3_2

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