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Traces and Cumulants of Quadratic Forms in Normal Variables

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The cumulants of a quadratic form in n independent standardized variables are identified with the traces of the powers of the matrix of the ...
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Solving Quadratic Equations Using Reduced Unimodular Quadratic Forms

Let Q be an n x n symmetric matrix with integral entries and with det Q ≠ O, but not necesarily positive definite. We describe a generalized LLL algorithm to reduce this quadratic form. This algorithm ...
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Quadratic Forms and their Classification by Means of Invariant Factors The Axioms of Projective Geometry The Axioms of Descriptive Geometry

THESE are Nos. 3, 4, and 5 of the Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, which are intended to help students by providing them with brief and readable introductions to mathematical ...
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Analysis and interpretation of quadratic models of receptive fields

Research in neuroscience has seen a recent trend toward the extension of receptive field (RF) estimation techniques and theoretical principles from linear to non-linear models. This development has ...