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Probability Measures on Groups IX

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    Geoffrey S. Watson

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Watson, G.S. (1989). Statistics of rotations. In: Heyer, H. (eds) Probability Measures on Groups IX. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1379. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0087866

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