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InverseGammaDistribution

InverseGammaDistribution[

,

]
represents an inverse gamma distribution with shape parameter

and scale parameter

.

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The inverse gamma distribution InverseGammaDistribution[, ] is the distribution followed by the inverse of a GammaDistribution[, 1/] distributed random variable. »

InverseGammaDistribution allows and to be any positive real numbers.

InverseGammaDistribution can be used with such functions as Mean, CDF and RandomReal.

Basic Examples (2)

The mean and variance of an inverse gamma distribution:

Probability density function:

Applications (2)

Properties & Relations (5)

Possible Issues (2)

GammaDistribution InverseChiSquareDistribution LevyDistribution

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