Maxwell's theorem
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See Maxwell's theorem (geometry) for the result on triangles.
In probability theory, Maxwell's theorem (known also as Herschel-Maxwell's theorem and Herschel-Maxwell's derivation) states that if the probability distribution of a random vector in is unchanged by rotations, and if the components are independent, then the components are identically distributed and normally distributed.