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Stat 5101 Lecture Notes - School of Statistics

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4.2. THE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION 115Shown below are two different blurfle densities with same scale parameterbut different location parameters.f(x)0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5-2 0 2 4 6xAnd shown below are two different blurfle densities with same location parameterbut different scale parameters.f(x)0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5-5 0 5 10x4.2 The Gamma DistributionThe gamma function is defined for all real α>0byΓ(α) =∫ ∞0x α−1 e −x dx. (4.4)Theorem 4.1 (Gamma Function Recursion Relation).Γ(α +1)=αΓ(α) (4.5)holds for all α>0.

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