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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?


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