Closed form expression of the multivariate standard Normal distribution under a weighted sum constraint
Probability
2018-01-22 v1
Abstract
In this letter we derive the -dimensional distribution corresponding to a -dimensional i.i.d. Normal standard vector subjected to the weighted sum constraint , . We first address the case before proceeding with the general case. The resulting distribution is a Normal distribution whose mean vector and covariance matrix are explicitly derived as a function of . The derivation of the density relies on a very specific positive definite matrix for which the determinant and inverse can be computed analytically.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1801.06387,
title = {Closed form expression of the multivariate standard Normal distribution under a weighted sum constraint},
author = {Frédéric Vrins},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.06387},
year = {2018}
}