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Multivariate reciprocal inverse Gaussian distributions from the Sabot -Tarr\`es -Zeng integral

Probability 2019-09-19 v2

Abstract

In Sabot and Tarr\`es (2015), the authors have explicitly computed the integral STZn=exp(x,y)(detMx)1/2dxSTZ_n=\int \exp( -\langle x,y\rangle)(\det M_x)^{-1/2}dx where MxM_x is a symmetric matrix of order nn with fixed non positive off-diagonal coefficients and with diagonal (2x1,,2xn)(2x_1,\ldots,2x_n). The domain of integration is the part of Rn\mathbb{R}^n for which MxM_x is positive definite. We calculate more generally for b10,bn0 b_1\geq 0,\ldots b_n\geq 0 the integral GSTZn=exp(x,y12bMx1b)(detMx)1/2dx,GSTZ_n=\int \exp \left(-\langle x,y\rangle-\frac{1}{2}b^*M_x^{-1}b\right)(\det M_x)^{-1/2}dx, we show that it leads to a natural family of distributions in Rn\mathbb{R}^n, called the GSTZnGSTZ_n probability laws. This family is stable by marginalization and by conditioning, and it has number of properties which are multivariate versions of familiar properties of univariate reciprocal inverse Gaussian distribution. We also show that if the graph with the set of vertices V={1,,n}V=\{1,\ldots,n\} and the set EE of edges {i,j}\{i,j\}' s of non zero entries of MxM_x is a tree, then the integral exp(x,y)(detMx)q1dx\int \exp( -\langle x,y\rangle)(\det M_x)^{q-1}dx where q>0,q>0, is computable in terms of the MacDonald function Kq.K_q.

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@article{arxiv.1709.04843,
  title  = {Multivariate reciprocal inverse Gaussian distributions from the Sabot -Tarr\`es -Zeng integral},
  author = {Gérard Letac and Jacek Wesołowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.04843},
  year   = {2019}
}

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17 pages