Statistics of Ambiguous Rotations
Event Date:
2021-08-05T16:00:00
2021-08-05T17:00:00
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Speaker:
Richard Arnold (Victoria University of Wellington)
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Intended Audience:
Undergraduate
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Douglas Scott
Event Information:
If an object is symmetric, then there are numerous equivalent ways to describe its orientation in space. For example, the lattice of a crystal with cubic symmetry can be mapped onto itself by 24 rotations. The statistics of the orientations of such objects, even exercises as simple as finding the average orientation, are made complicated by these symmetries.
Using examples from seismology and materials science, Richard Arnold will discuss the range of problems that arise when working with such ambiguous orientations. He will present new families of probability distributions and statistical tests associated with these objects.
Bio: https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/Richard.Arnold
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2021-08-05T16:00:00
2021-08-05T17:00:00
Statistics of Ambiguous Rotations
Event Information:
If an object is symmetric, then there are numerous equivalent ways to describe its orientation in space. For example, the lattice of a crystal with cubic symmetry can be mapped onto itself by 24 rotations. The statistics of the orientations of such objects, even exercises as simple as finding the average orientation, are made complicated by these symmetries.
Using examples from seismology and materials science, Richard Arnold will discuss the range of problems that arise when working with such ambiguous orientations. He will present new families of probability distributions and statistical tests associated with these objects.
Bio: https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/Richard.Arnold
Event Location:
Connect via zoom