Under , Bayes theorem at the nested value gives
Separability of the prior and equality of the priors imply
Rearranging proves the Savage-Dickey density ratio
which is the Bayes factor in favor of the nested model.
For suitable nested models whose common nuisance parameters have matching priors, the Savage-Dickey density ratio expresses a Bayes factor as posterior density divided by prior density at the nested parameter value.