The Kapteyn series, named after the Dutch astronomer Jakob Kapteyn, is a conceptual framework used in astronomy to describe the distribution of stars in the Milky Way galaxy. However, it is primarily known for its application in statistical analysis concerning stellar populations and the assessment of the spatial distribution of stars. In particular, the Kapteyn series can refer to different forms of distributions within the context of stellar distribution models.
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