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Statistical Astronomy / Robert J. Trumpler and Harold F. Weaver.
De Gruyter University of California Press eBook-Package Archive Pre-2000 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trumpler, Robert J. (Robert Julius), 1886-1956, author.
- Weaver, Harold F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Statistical astronomy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (680 p.) : 1 frontisp.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1953]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1953. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF SYMBOLS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1.1. UNIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS
- Chapter 1.2. BIVARIATE AND MULTIVARIATE FREQUENCY FUNCTIONS
- Chapter 1.3. TRANSFORMATION PROBLEMS IN MULTIVARIATE FREQUENCY FUNCTIONS
- Chapter 1.4. INTEGRAL EQUATIONS OF STATISTICS
- Chapter 1.5. SPECIAL PROBLEMS AND TECHNIQUES
- Chapter 1.6. GENERAL THEORY OF SAMPLES
- Chapter 1.7. ESTIMATION OF STATISTICAL PARAMETERS
- Chapter 1.8. TESTING HYPOTHESES
- NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY TO PART I
- Chapter 2.1. THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIPTION
- Chapter 2.2. OBSERVATIONAL DATA
- Chapter 2.3. PARTIAL SOLUTIONS OF THE GALACTIC DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM
- Chapter 3.1. SAMPLE POPULATION AND COORDINATE SYSTEMS
- Chapter 3.2. PRINCIPAL HYPOTHESES CONCERNING LOCAL VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION
- Chapter 3.4. ANALYSIS OF RADIAL VELOCITY DATA
- Chapter 3.5. ANALYSIS OF PROPER MOTION DATA
- Chapter 3.6. RELATION OF THE VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION TO SPECTRAL TYPE AND ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE
- Chapter 3.7. STATISTICAL DETERMINATION OF STELLAR DISTANCES FROM PROPER MOTIONS AND RADIAL VELOCITY DATA
- Chapter 4.1. GENERAL STUDIES OF STELLAR POPULATIONS
- Chapter 4.2. LUMINOSITY LAW IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUN
- Chapter 4.3. LUMINOSITY - SPECTRAL TYPE DISTRIBUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUN
- NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY TO PART IV
- Chapter 5.1. APPARENT DISTRIBUTION OF THE STARS
- Chapter 5.2. DETERMINATION OF THE SPACE DENSITY LAW WHEN INTERSTELLAR LIGHT EXTINCTION IS NEGLECTED
- Chapter 5.3. EXTINCTION OF LIGHT IN INTERSTELLAR SPACE
- Chapter 5.4. ANALYSIS OF STAR COUNTS ACCORDING TO APPARENT MAGNITUDE WHEN INTERSTELLAR EXTINCTION IS PRESENT
- Chapter 5.5. STUDIES OF THE SPACE DISTRIBUTION OF STARS BASED ON MAGNITUDE, SPECTRAL TYPES, AND COLOR INDICES
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- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780520347533
- 0520347536
- OCLC:
- 1198930510
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