Schlömilch integrals and probability distributions on the simplex

01/26/2022

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by   David D. K. Chow, et al.

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The Schlömilch integral, a generalization of the Dirichlet integral on the simplex, and related probability distributions are reviewed. A distribution that unifies several generalizations of the Dirichlet distribution is presented, with special cases including the scaled Dirichlet distribution and certain Dirichlet mixture distributions. Moments and log-ratio covariances are found, where tractable. The normalization of the distribution motivates a definition, in terms of a simplex integral representation, of complete homogeneous symmetric polynomials of fractional degree.