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Extended One-Liners for the Beta, Gamma, and Dirichlet Distributions with Shape Parameters Below One

Computation 2026-04-14 v1 Probability

Abstract

We present an explicit deterministic transformation of a fixed number of i.i.d. uniform random variables with exact Beta(a,1a)(a,1-a) law for 0<a<10<a<1, using only elementary operations (an ``extended one-liner'', see \cite{devroye1996oneline}). As corollaries, the families Beta(a,b)(a,b) with min(a,b)<1\min(a,b)<1, Gamma(c)(c) with c<1c<1, and Dirichlet(α1,,αd)(\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_d) with 0<αi<10<\alpha_i<1, for fixed dd, also have extended one-\liners.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2604.11199,
  title  = {Extended One-Liners for the Beta, Gamma, and Dirichlet Distributions with Shape Parameters Below One},
  author = {Dylan Greaves},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.11199},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

8 pages, 1 figure, 1 table

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