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Correlation functions are a useful indicator of dependencies as a function of distance in time or space, and they can be used to assess the distance required between sample points for the values to be effectively uncorrelated. In addition, they can form the basis of rules for interpolating values at points for which there are no observations.
Correlation functions used in [[correlation function (astronomy)|astronomy]], [[financial analysis]], [[econometrics]], and [[statistical mechanics]] differ only in the particular stochastic processes they are applied to. In [[quantum field theory]] there are [[Correlation function (quantum field theory)|correlation functions over quantum distributions]].
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