Probability distribution of eigenspectra and eigendirections of a twodimensional, symmetric rank two random tensor

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 419-430

  Xu, Peiliang ^a   Grafarend, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENDIRECTION; EIGENSPECTRA; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TENSOR;

EID: 0030453685     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01090817     Document Type: Article

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