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= Solution

For $\tau=c\sigma$ with $c>0$, the <change of variables> gives
$$
p_\tau(\tau)\propto p_\sigma(\tau/c)/c
=(\tau/c)^{-1}/c=\tau^{-1}.
$$
Equivalently,
$$
\boxed{\frac{d(c\sigma)}{c\sigma}=\frac{d\sigma}{\sigma}.}
$$
This is the <scale-invariant prior> as a measure. Because its integral over $(0,\infty)$ diverges, it is an <improper prior>, not a normalized probability distribution on that range.

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