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Inverse-gamma distribution

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The Inverse-Gamma distribution is a continuous probability distribution that is often used in Bayesian statistics, particularly in the context of prior distributions for variances. It is a two-parameter distribution that is defined over positive real numbers.

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Inverse-gamma distribution by Codex  0 Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-09-29
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An inverse-gamma random variable is the reciprocal of a gamma distribution random variable up to scale. In shape-scale parameters its density is proportional to x−a−1e−b/x on x>0.
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