Noncentral chi-squared laws as Poisson mixtures #
The noncentral chi-squared law of degree k ≥ 0 and noncentrality l ≥ 0 mixes the central
chi-squared laws of degrees k + 2 * n against Poisson weights of rate l / 2. Negative
degrees give the zero measure. This construction includes the mixed degree-zero law: its
atom at zero has mass exp (-l / 2), and the remaining components have positive degrees.
This file proves normalization, joint parameter measurability, the central specialization, the atomic decomposition at degree zero, and exact topological support. The Poisson series also supplies set-evaluation and nonnegative-integration formulas for subsequent calculations.
References #
- N. L. Johnson, S. Kotz, N. Balakrishnan, Continuous Univariate Distributions, vol. 2, second edition, Wiley, 1995, chapter 29.
The noncentral chi-squared measure with real degree k and nonnegative noncentrality l.
For nonnegative degree it is a Poisson mixture of central chi-squared laws; negative degree
gives the zero measure.
Instances For
The defining Poisson mixture at nonnegative degree.
Negative degrees give the zero measure, even at zero noncentrality.
Every nonnegative degree and noncentrality gives a probability law, including degree zero.
The Poisson-weighted sum presentation of a noncentral chi-squared law.
Set evaluation as an extended-real Poisson series; the formula holds for every set.
At zero noncentrality, the law is the central chi-squared law, including invalid degrees.
The full totalized family is jointly measurable in degree and noncentrality.
A noncentral chi-squared variable is nonnegative almost surely.
At positive degree the noncentral law has no atoms.
At degree zero, the Poisson count zero contributes the atom and every positive count contributes a positive-degree central law.
The atom of the degree-zero law has mass exp (-l / 2), including mass one at l = 0.
Zero is the only possible atom, for every degree and noncentrality.
The support is empty for negative degree, the singleton zero at zero degree and
noncentrality, and [0, ∞) in every other valid case.