 Beta-gamma independence

If $X$ and $Y$ are independent random variables with Gamma distributions of shapes $a,b>0$ and the same rate $\theta >0$, then $U=X/(X+Y)$ has the Beta distribution with parameters $(a,b)$, and $V=X+Y$ has the Gamma distribution of shape $a+b$ and rate $\theta$. Moreover $U$ and $V$ are independent. The inverse change of variables $(x,y)=(uv,(1-u)v)$ has absolute Jacobian determinant $v$, which makes the joint probability density factorize on the product domain $0<u<1$, $v>0$. The common rate is essential for this factorization.