Nov 9, 2016 · The Dirichlet distribution is a distribution over the simplex, hence a distribution over finite support distributions. If you aim at a distribution over continuous distributions, you should …

Dec 25, 2014 · The columns of the PFM will be multiplied by a Dirichlet distribution. I guess I really just need help on what a Dirichlet distribution is and how it relates to a multinomial model.

May 21, 2020 · Dirichlet is commonly used as a prior on a probability vector, since it is the conjugate prior of the multinomial distribution.

Jul 3, 2024 · The problem is that I cannot comprehend well the following non-recursive formula for the Dirichlet inverse formula (this is the equation $ (2.4)$ at page $120$ from article):

Sep 29, 2023 · Proving Dirichlet character is primitive Ask Question Asked 2 years, 4 months ago Modified 2 years, 4 months ago

Thank you for your reply! Convolution of a function with the Dirichlet kernel produces the partial sum representing the function after forward and inverse Fourier transform. Does it make any …

@Xi'an's answer (below) helped me - clarifying that the Dirichlet distribution is A prior for the multinomial, not THE prior. It's chosen because it is a conjugate prior that works well to …

Proof that the Dirichlet function is discontinuous Ask Question Asked 12 years, 8 months ago Modified 4 years, 5 months ago

Jul 4, 2025 · is the Dirichlet kernel. We know that if g(x) g (x) is differentiable at x = 0 x = 0 or monotonic in some neighborhood of x = 0 x = 0, then by the Dirichlet-Dini criterion the limit …

Jan 16, 2019 · To wrap it up, Dirichlet forms are related to a lot of interesting mathematical objects at the intersection of analysis, geometry and probability, and, what is nore, they often provide …