Average radial profiles. We show the radial density profile averaged over the N_r centres with W_Rmax,smax > 0. We plot , where ρ₀ is the average density of the sample. The continuous line with a red error band shows the radial profile for the full sphere. We also show the error bands for the radial profile restricted to regions of the sphere, as defined in the text: the “near” region (green), the “far” region (orange), and the “transverse” region (blue). The arrow signals the location of the maximum, r_max = 109.5   h^-1   Mpc. The error band corresponds to the 1-σ dispersion of 1000 bootstrap realisations. The profiles were estimated using a B₃ kernel of width h = 4   h^-1   Mpc in the radial coordinate, but similar results are obtained when using slightly different widths or shapes of the kernel.