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Wicksell's corpuscle problem in spherical spaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

M. Zähle
M. Zähle*
Affiliation:
University of Jena
*
∗Postal address: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Sektion Mathematik, UHH, Jena 6900, GDR.
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Abstract

Wicksell's problem of unfolding ball size distributions is solved for the case of spherical spaces of curvature K > 0. The well-known formulas for the euclidean case result as limits if K → 0. The paper is completed by a brief discussion of some computer-aided statistical procedures.

Keywords

BALL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONSSTEREOLOGICAL UNFOLDING PROBLEM
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 701 - 706
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1990 

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