Abstract
In the preceding exercise we have investigated the distribution of the residual velocities of a group of stars by a graphic method. Now we shall resume this investigation but instead apply a numerical method which essentially represents a translation of the previous one into mathematical terms.
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Atanasijević, I. (1971). The Distribution of the Residual Velocities: A Numerical Method. In: Selected Exercises in Galactic Astronomy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3111-0_5
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