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Probability Distribution of Curvatures of Isosurfaces in Gaussian Random Fields

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v4 math.MP

Abstract

An expression for the joint probability distribution of the principal curvatures at an arbitrary point in the ensemble of isosurfaces defined on isotropic Gaussian random fields on Rn is derived. The result is obtained by deriving symmetry properties of the ensemble of second derivative matrices of isotropic Gaussian random fields akin to those of the Gaussian orthogonal ensemble.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0702031,
  title  = {Probability Distribution of Curvatures of Isosurfaces in Gaussian Random Fields},
  author = {Paulo R. S. Mendonca and Rahul Bhotika and James V. Miller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0702031},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages, six references. Fuller version with correct proof of important theorem