The Wishart Distribution on Symmetric Cones

• In this paper we discuss the extension of the Wishart probability distributions in higher dimension based on the boundary points of the symmetric cones in Jordan algebras. The symmetric cones form a basis for the construction of the degenerate and non-degenerate Wishart distributions in the field of Herm(m,C), Herm(m,H), Herm(3,O) that denotes respectively the Jordan algebra of all Hermitian matrices of size m× m with complex entries, the skew field H of quaternions, and the algebra O of octonions. This density is characterised by the Vandermonde determinant structure and the exponential weight that is dependent on the trace of the given matrix.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik -- Sannolikhetsteori och statistik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics -- Probability Theory and Statistics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik -- Algebra och logik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics -- Algebra and Logic (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik -- Matematisk analys (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics -- Mathematical Analysis (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Vandermonde determinant

Jordan algebra

Symmetric cone

Wishart distribution

Mathematics/Applied Mathematics

matematik/tillämpad matematik

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