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of only a single quantity, which may be any one of the three very nearly 



equal expressions in (3.19) — but the last of them is evidently the simplest. 



Fig. 3.1 gives curves of P(,R;b), with the variable R ranging continuously 



Fig. 3.1 — Distribution function for the modulus {R = to 2.8). 



from to 2.8 and the parameter b ranging by steps from to 1 inclusive, 

 which is the complete range of positive b. Fig. 3.2 gives an enlargement 

 (along the i?-axis) of the portion of Fig. 3.1 between R — and R = 0.4, 



