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Symmetry Studies Marlos A. G. Viana (University of Illinois, Chicago)

Symmetry Studies By Marlos A. G. Viana (University of Illinois, Chicago)

Summary

Combines algebra and statistics to explore the interplay between symmetry-related research questions and their statistical analysis.

Symmetry Studies Summary

Symmetry Studies: An Introduction to the Analysis of Structured Data in Applications by Marlos A. G. Viana (University of Illinois, Chicago)

Experimental data can often be associated with or indexed by certain symmetrically interesting structures or sets of labels that appear, for example, in the study of short symbolic sequences in molecular biology, in preference or voting data, in (corneal) curvature data, and in studies of the handedness and entropy of symbolic sequences and elementary images. The symmetry studies introduced in this book describe the interplay among symmetry transformations that are characteristic of these sets of labels, their resulting classification, the algebraic decomposition of the data indexed by them, and the statistical analysis of the invariants induced by those decompositions. The overall purpose is to facilitate and guide the statistical study of the structured data from both a descriptive and inferential perspective. The text combines notions of algebra and statistics and develops a systematic methodology to better explore the interplay between symmetry-related research questions and their statistical analysis.

Symmetry Studies Reviews

This is the perfect group theory book for students of statistics theory. D.V. Feldman, Choice Magazine
... useful for introducing these algebraic methods as tools in applied mathematics and statistics to relatively inexperienced students. Seth Sullivant, Mathematical Reviews

Table of Contents

1. Symmetry, classification and the analysis of structured data, 2. Sorting the labels: groups actions and orbits, 3. Connecting symmetries and data: linear representations, 4. Data reduction and inference: the canonical projections and their invariants, 5. Examples and techniques, 6. Symmetry studies of short symbolic sequences, 7. Symmetry studies of curvature data, 8. Symmetry studies of planar chirality.

Additional information

NPB9780521841030
9780521841030
0521841038
Symmetry Studies: An Introduction to the Analysis of Structured Data in Applications by Marlos A. G. Viana (University of Illinois, Chicago)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2008-06-09
248
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