Particle Orientation from Section Stereology
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With a stationary random process of convex particles, we associate a density with values in the space of symmetric tensors of rank two, as a means of describing and measuring the anisotropy and mean orientation of the particles. The main result is a stereological formula allowing us to estimate this tensor from measurements in planar sections. MSC 2000: 60D05, 52A22.
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