Explicit Evaluations of Matrix-variate Gamma and Beta Integrals in the Real and Complex Cases

Matrix transformations in terms of triangular matrices is the easiest method of evaluating matrix-variate gamma and beta integrals in the real and complex cases. Here we give several procedures of explicit evaluation of gamma and beta integrals in the general real and complex situations. The procedure also reveals the structure of these matrix-variate integrals. Apart from the evaluation of matrix-variate gamma and beta integrals, the procedure can also be applied to evaluate such integrals explicitly in similar situations. Various methods described here will be useful to those who are working on integrals involving real-valued scalar functions of matrix argument in general and gamma and beta integrals in particular.Comment: 17 pages, LaTe

Stochastic processes via the pathway model

After collecting data from observations or experiments, the next step is to build an appropriate mathematical or stochastic model to describe the data so that further studies can be done with the help of the models. In this article, the input-output type mechanism is considered first, where reaction, diffusion, reaction-diffusion, and production-destruction type physical situations can fit in. Then techniques are described to produce thicker or thinner tails (power law behavior) in stochastic models. Then the pathway idea is described where one can switch to different functional forms of the probability density function) through a parameter called the pathway parameter.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures, LaTe