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Remarks on a parameter estimation for von Mises--Fisher distributions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2014-07-10 v1 Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

We point out an error in the proof of the main result of the paper of Tanabe et al. (2007) concerning a parameter estimation for von Mises--Fisher distributions, we correct the proof of the main result and we present a short alternative proof.

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@article{arxiv.1301.5244,
  title  = {Remarks on a parameter estimation for von Mises--Fisher distributions},
  author = {Árpád Baricz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.5244},
  year   = {2014}
}

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3 pages

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