This volume, first published in 2000, examines one of the leading problems in astronomy today - how galaxies cluster in our Universe.This topical volume examines one of the leading problems in astronomy today--how galaxies cluster in our Universe. This is the first book to describe gravitational theory, computer simulations and observations related to galaxy distribution functions (a general method for measuring the distribution of galaxies and their motions).Key results are derived and the necessary physics provided to ensure the book is self-contained. And throughout, theory, computer simulation and observation are carefully interwoven and critically compared.This clear and authoritative volume is written at a level suitable for graduate students, and will be of key interest to astronomers, cosmologists, physicists and applied statisticians.This topical volume examines one of the leading problems in astronomy today--how galaxies cluster in our Universe. This is the first book to describe gravitational theory, computer simulations and observations related to galaxy distribution functions (a general method for measuring the distribution of galaxies and their motions).Key results are derived and the necessary physics provided to ensure the book is self-contained. And throughout, theory, computer simulation and observation are carefully interwoven and critically compared.This clear and authoritative volume is written at a level suitable for graduate students, and will be of key interest to astronomers, cosmologists, physicists and applied statisticians.Contemporary astronomers continue to search for ways to understand the irregular distribution of galaxies in our Universe. This volume describes gravitational theory, computer simulations and observations related to galaxy distribution functions, which is a general method for measuring the distribution of galaxies and their motions. Coverage embeds distribution functions in a broader astronomical context, and includes olĂ
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