Integrate Dirichlet distribution



-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----


>-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu?wrote:?-----
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>>dirichlet_dist?=?x_1**(a-1)?*?x_2**(b-1)?*?(1-x_2-x_1)**(c-1)
>>e?=?integral(dirichlet_dist,?x_1,?0,?1)
>>f?=?integral(e,?x_2,?0,?1)
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>The?optional?package?hyperint?can?evaluate?this?definite?integral.?

Using hyperint, Maxima can integrate over x_1 (or x_2), but it cannot 
handle the iterated integral.

Sorry for my lack of clarity.

--Barton