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6. Fits of the asymmetric signals

Approximations by a mean or by running parabolae is properly valid, if the signal has a parabolic shape. In real cases, the signal is more complicated. To estimate systematic errors of the fitting curves from the true ones, lets assume that the signal may be expanded into the Taylor series:
equation1063
where
equation1067
Than the running fit may be written as
equation1074
where coefficients
equation1079
For symmetric fits s0=1, and s2k+1=0 for integer k. For even m=2k,
eqnarray1085


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