In a full-sky cubic bispectrum estimator, pairwise Gaussian covariance within one triple gives a sum of Gaunt integrals with opposite indices. The spherical harmonic addition theorem turns their pair into the constant ; its integral against vanishes for . A zero temperature monopole removes . Thus only the six pairings connecting the two triples survive in the Gaussian variance; isotropic weights are essential for the cancellation.
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