On the equivalence of the tube and Euler characteristic methods for the distribution of the maximum of Gaussian fields over piecewise smooth domains

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 768-796

  Takemura, Akimichi ^a   Kuriki, Satoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chi bar squared distribution; Gauss Bonnet theorem; Karhunen Lo ve expansion; Kinematic fundamental formula; Morse function; Naiman's inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036331007     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aoap/1026915624     Document Type: Article

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