Re: Mode of InverseChiSquareDistribution
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- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr357 at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:27:46 -0500 (EST)
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D is a reserved word and cannot be used for a variable name. The mode
is the value of x for which the derivative of the PDF is zero.
dist = InverseChiSquareDistribution[d - 1];
mode = x /. Solve[
Simplify[
D[PDF[dist, x], x] == 0,
x > 0],
x][[1]]
1/(1 + d)
Bob Hanlon
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:02 AM, paul <paulvonhippel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> As a first step toward solving a more complicated problem, I would like to calculate the mode of the InverseChiSquareDistribution with D-1 degrees of freedom. The answer is 1/(D+1) but I am having trouble getting that expression from Mathematica.
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> First I type
> PDF[InverseChiSquareDistribution[D - 1]]
> And then I cut and paste the function into ArgMax, imposing appropriate constraints:
> modeInverseChiSquare = ArgMax[{(2^((1 - D)/2) (1/x)^(1 + 1/2 (-1 + D)) E^(-(1/(2 x))))/ Gamma[1/2 (-1 + D)], x > 0, D > 0, Element[D, Integers]}, x, Reals]
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> But all ArgMax does is echo the input. If I evaluate the mode at a particular value of D I get the right answer -- e.g., modeInverseChiSquare /. D -> 10 returns 1/11. But what I'd like Mathematica to do is tell me that the answer in general is 1/(D+1).
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> Suggestions most welcome.
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- Mode of InverseChiSquareDistribution
- From: paul <paulvonhippel@yahoo.com>
- Mode of InverseChiSquareDistribution