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The paper deals with the behavior of the Earth’s pole when exclusively random excitations are at work (e.g. internal displacements of matter, treated as a process of stochastic character). The title of the paper is similar to that of a paper of N. Sekiguchi whose probabilistic final deductions are very ingenious. However they have been applied to a wrong solution of the basic differential equation system. The correct solution is more complicated and does not afford such an advantageous practical possibility of applying the probabilistic treatment with success.
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Opalski, W. (1980). On Random Excitation and Damping of the Polar Motion. In: Fedorov, E.P., Smith, M.L., Bender, P.L. (eds) Nutation and the Earth’s Rotation. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 78. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9568-6_33
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