Student t Distribution#

There is one shape parameter ν>0 and the support is xR.

f(x;ν)=Γ(ν+12)πνΓ(ν2)[1+x2ν]ν+12F(x;ν)={12I(νν+x2;ν2,12)x0112I(νν+x2;ν2,12)x0G(q;ν)={νI1(2q;ν2,12)νq12νI1(22q;ν2,12)νq12
mn=md=μ=0μ2=νν2ν>2γ1=0ν>3γ2=6ν4ν>4

where I(x;a,b) is the incomplete beta integral and I1(I(x;a,b);a,b)=x. As ν, this distribution approaches the standard normal distribution.

h[X]=ν+12[ψ(1+ν2)ψ(ν2)]+ln[νB(ν2,12)]

where ψ(x) is the digamma function and B(x,y) is the beta function.

References#

Implementation: scipy.stats.t