... correlation functions intergalactic matter mass structure functions of galaxies mass moments halo galaxy distribution n-point correlation functions autocorrelation function linear equation mass correlation functions descriptive statistics Two general approaches to the empirical study of the large...

...This chapter studies how the n-point correlation functions have proved useful not only as descriptive statistics but also as dynamic variables in the Newtonian theory of the evolution of clustering. It generalizes the functions to mass correlation functions in position and momentum...