Re: Moments over a Simplex

From: Han de Bruijn (Han.deBruijn_at_DTO.TUDelft.NL)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:10:21 +0100

Stephen J. Herschkorn wrote:

> What do you mean by "the" variance over a multi-dimensional simplex?

Uhm, should I rather say "the moments of a multi-dimensional simplex"?
Especially: integral x dV / integral dV = first order moment and
(integral x^2 dV - (integral x dV )^2 ) / integral dV = second order
Where dV = infinitesimal simplex volume . Do I make myself clear now?

Han de Bruijn