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The mean number of maxima above high levels in Gaussian random fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

A. M. Hasofer*
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales

Abstract

An asymptotic formula for the mean number of maxima above a level of an n-dimensional stationary Gaussian field has been given by Nosko without proof. In this note a short general proof of this formula is given.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1976 

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