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To test best a theory of cosmic microwave background fluctuations, anisotropy maps here the two-year Cosmic Background Explorer differential microwave radiometer (DMR) 53, 90, 31GHz a and b and the Far-Infrared Survey (FIRS) 170 GHz maps are expanded in a complete basis of linear combinations of pixel amplitudes---statistically independent for both the noise and the signal. Bayesian analysis of a 2-parameter inflation-inspired theory shows the overall band-power and spectral tilt index _+1 for all maps agree within 1, (1. 10. 1) {10^-5}^2 and 1. 270. 33 (compatible with inflation values, 0. 8-1. 2) ; and S/N filtering of the DMR maps reveals the same large-scale structural features.
J. Richard Bond (Mon,) studied this question.