Beta prime distribution

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A Beta Prime Distribution is a probability distribution defined for x>0 with two parameters (of positive real part), α and β, having the probability density function:

[f(x) = \frac (1+x)^}]

where [B] is a Beta function. It is basically the same as the F distribution--if b is distributed as the beta prime distribution Beta'(α,β), then bβ/α obeys the F distribution with 2α and 2β degrees of freedom.

The mode of a variate [X] distributed as [\beta^(\alpha,\beta)] is [\hat = \frac].

If X is a [\beta^(\alpha,\beta)] variate then [\frac] is a [\beta^(\beta,\alpha)] variate.

If X is a [\beta^(\alpha,\beta)] then [\frac] and [\frac] are [\beta^(\beta,\alpha)] and [\beta^(\alpha,\beta)] variates.

If X and Y are [\gamma(\alpha_1)] and [\gamma(\alpha_2)] variates, then [\frac] is a [\beta^(\alpha_1,\alpha_2)] variate.

Reference

[MathWorld article]

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Discrete:	Bernoulli • binomial • Boltzmann • compound Poisson • degenerate • degree • Gauss-Kuzmin • geometric • hypergeometric • logarithmic • negative binomial • parabolic fractal • Poisson • Rademacher • Skellam • uniform • Yule-Simon • zeta • Zipf • Zipf-Mandelbrot	Ewens • multinomial
Continuous:	Beta • Beta prime • Cauchy • chi-square • exponential • exponential power • F • fading • Fisher's z • Fisher-Tippett • Gamma • generalized extreme value • generalized hyperbolic • generalized inverse Gaussian • Hotelling's T-square • hyperbolic secant • hyper-exponential • hypoexponential • inverse chi-square • inverse gaussian • inverse gamma • Kumaraswamy • Landau • Laplace • Lévy • Lévy skew alpha-stable • logistic • log-normal • Maxwell-Boltzmann • Maxwell speed • normal (Gaussian) • Pareto • Pearson • polar • raised cosine • Rayleigh • relativistic Breit-Wigner • Rice • Student's t • triangular • type-1 Gumbel • type-2 Gumbel • uniform • Voigt • von Mises • Weibull • Wigner semicircle	Dirichlet • Kent • matrix normal • multivariate normal • von Mises-Fisher • Wigner quasi • Wishart
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