Some geometry of the cone of nonnegative definite matrices and weights of associated X̄2 distribution

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Kuriki, Satoshi ^a   Takemura, Akimichi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mixed volume; One sided test for covariance matrices; Second fundamental form; Symmetric cone; Volume element

Indexed keywords

EID: 6744265278     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004191713375     Document Type: Article

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