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/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
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/*
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 Copyright (C) 2008 Roland Lichters
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 This file is part of QuantLib, a free-software/open-source library
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 for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://quantlib.org/
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 QuantLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 under the terms of the QuantLib license.  You should have received a
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 copy of the license along with this program; if not, please email
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 <quantlib-dev@lists.sf.net>. The license is also available online at
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 <https://www.quantlib.org/license.shtml>.
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 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
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 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the license for more details.
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*/
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/*! \file studenttdistribution.hpp
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    \brief Student's t-distribution
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*/
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#ifndef quantlib_student_t_distribution_hpp
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#define quantlib_student_t_distribution_hpp
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#include <ql/errors.hpp>
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#include <ql/types.hpp>
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#include <functional>
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namespace QuantLib {
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    //! Student t-distribution
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    /*! Probability density function for \f$ n \f$ degrees of freedom
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        (see mathworld.wolfram.com or wikipedia.org):
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        \f[
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        f(x) = \frac {\Gamma\left(\frac{n+1}{2}\right)} {\sqrt{n\pi}
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        \, \Gamma\left(\frac{n}{2}\right)}\:
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        \frac {1} {\left(1+\frac{x^2}{n}\right)^{(n+1)/2}}
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        \f]
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    */
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    class StudentDistribution {
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      public:
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        StudentDistribution(Integer n) : n_(n) {
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            QL_REQUIRE(n > 0, "invalid parameter for t-distribution");
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        }
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        Real operator()(Real x) const;
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      private:
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        Integer n_;
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    };
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    //! Cumulative Student t-distribution
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    /*! Cumulative distribution function for \f$ n \f$ degrees of freedom
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        (see mathworld.wolfram.com):
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        \f[
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        F(x) = \int_{-\infty}^x\,f(y)\,dy
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        = \frac{1}{2}\,
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        +\,\frac{1}{2}\,sgn(x)\,
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        \left[ I\left(1,\frac{n}{2},\frac{1}{2}\right)
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        - I\left(\frac{n}{n+y^2}, \frac{n}{2},\frac{1}{2}\right)\right]
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        \f]
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        where \f$ I(z; a, b) \f$ is the regularized incomplete beta function.
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    */
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    class CumulativeStudentDistribution {
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      public:
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        CumulativeStudentDistribution(Integer n) : n_(n) {
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        Real operator()(Real x) const;
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      private:
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        Integer n_;
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    };
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    //! Inverse cumulative Student t-distribution
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    /*! \todo Find/implement an efficient algorithm for evaluating the
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              cumulative Student t-distribution, replacing the Newton
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              iteration
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    */
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    class InverseCumulativeStudent {
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        InverseCumulativeStudent(Integer n,
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                                 Real accuracy = 1e-6,
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                                 Size maxIterations = 50)
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        : d_(n), f_(n), accuracy_(accuracy),
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        Real operator()(Real x) const;
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      private:
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        StudentDistribution d_;
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        CumulativeStudentDistribution f_;
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        Real accuracy_;
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        Size maxIterations_;
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    };
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}
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#endif