Large scale periodicity and Gaussian fluctuations

A strategy for evaluating the theoretical implications of large-scale «periodicity» in deep pencil-beam redsift surveys is proposed. Given at present the observed galaxy distribution along one long pencil (NGP + SGP), we search for statistics that would be as effective as possible in ruling out theoretical models. In order to obtain meaningful conclusions, these a posteriori statistics should eventually be applied as a priori statistics to future pencils of comparable length