Integrate on StudentTDistribution
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- Subject: [mg103303] Integrate on StudentTDistribution
- From: Alexey <lehin.p at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:11:22 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello, I am confused again with different behavior of
Integrate[PDF[StudentTDistribution[nN], x], {x, min, max}]
in Mathematica 7.01 and 5.2.
In the version 5.2:
In[2]:= Assuming[nN > 0 && Element[x, Reals] && max > min,
Integrate[(nN/(nN + x^2))^((1 + nN)/2)/(
Sqrt[nN] Beta[nN/2, 1/2]), {x, min, max}]]
Out[2]= (max Hypergeometric2F1[1/2, (1 + nN)/2, 3/2, -(max^2/nN)] -
min Hypergeometric2F1[1/2, (1 + nN)/2, 3/2, -(min^2/nN)])/(Sqrt[nN]
Beta[nN/2, 1/2])
In the version 7.01:
In[1]:= Assuming[nN > 0 && Element[x, Reals] && max > min,
Integrate[PDF[StudentTDistribution[nN], x], {x, min, max}]]
Out[1]= (1/Beta[nN/2, 1/2])nN^(nN/2)
If[min > 0 && max > 0, (1/
nN)(max min)^-nN (-min^nN Hypergeometric2F1[nN/2, (1 + nN)/2, (
2 + nN)/2, -(nN/max^2)] +
max^nN Hypergeometric2F1[nN/2, (1 + nN)/2, (2 + nN)/
2, -(nN/min^2)]),
Integrate[(nN + x^2)^(-(1/2) - nN/2), {x, min, max},
Assumptions ->
x \[Element] Reals && min <= 0 && max > min && nN > 0]]
Are the requirements min > 0 && max > 0 really necessary?