Wishart distributions associated with matrix quadratic forms

  • Authors:
  • Joe Masaro;Chi Song Wong

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 2R6;University of Windsor, Windsor, Ont., Canada N9B 3P4

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Multivariate Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

For a normally distributed random matrix Y with mean zero and general covariance matrix ΣY and for a symmetric matrix W, necessary and sufficient conditions are derived for the Wishartness of Y' WY.