Measures of Galaxy Clustering
Vicent J. Martı́nez · 1996
. A brief introduction is given to some aspects of the statistical description of the luminous matter distribution. I review the features of the redshift surveys that arise in the statistical analysis of the galaxy clustering. Special topics include intensity functions, correlation functions, correlation integrals, multifractals and multiscaling. 1. Introduction I am sure that, in spite of the title of the School, at the end of these two weeks, we shall have a less dark picture of the three-dimensional distribution of matter in the Universe. There are still a huge amount of unsolved problems regarding the origin and evolution of the observed large scale structure in the Universe. Although important developments have occurred during the last two decades, the task has revealed so elusive, that most of the students of this School will have interesting research projects on these topics in the following years. The statistical study of the clustering patterns formed by the three-dimensional...