Large sample theory for distributions on the hypersphere with rotational symmetries (Q802247)

A distribution on the unit sphere in \(R^ q\) with a density \(f(\| x_ v\|)\) is considered where V is an \(s(<q)\) dimensional subspace and \(x_ v\) is the part of x in V. For a large sample the estimation of V, a test that \(V=V_ 0\) and a test for rotational symmetry within V is given. For several samples with possibly different subspaces \(V_ j\) but the same f, a test that \(V_ 1=V_ 2=...=V_ m\) is given. For all tests power functions for contiguous alternatives are given. For the special density proportional to exp \(k\| x_ v\|^ 2\), additional results are given.