Angle halving, or alternatively the reverse operation of angle doubling, is a useful tool when studying directional distributions. It is especially useful on the circle where, in particular, it yields an identification between the wrapped Cauchy distribution and the angular central Gaussian distributions, as well as a matching of their parameterizations. The operation of angle halving can be extended to higher dimensions, but its effect on distributions is more complicated than on the circle. In all dimensions angle halving provides a simple way to interpret stereographic projection from the sphere to Euclidean space.
翻译:在研究方向分布时,将角角减半或翻番的反向操作是一种有用的工具,特别是对于圆形特别有用,在圆形上,它能够识别包装的孔状分布物和角中央高斯分布物,并匹配其参数化。角减半的操作可以扩大到更高的尺寸,但对分布物的影响比对圆形的影响复杂得多。在所有维度上,将角数减半为从球体到欧几里德空间解释星座投影提供了一个简单的方法。