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Article Contents
1 Introduction
2 A critical revision of mathematical models and commonly used methods in the analysis of a discrete set of differences on the sphere
3 Choice and previous study of the data set
4 Infinitesimal rotations, vectorial harmonics models and statistical properties of the residuals
5 The unbiased GLAD model
6 Model contrast using kernel regression
7 Spherical harmonics adjustment
8 Two independent estimations for the ${\epsilon _z}$ value
9 Mixed adjustments
10 Conclusions
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