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Let F pxp have the multivariate F-distribution with a scale matrix Δ and degrees of freedom n 1and n 2. In this paper the problem of estimating eigenvalues of Δ is considered. By constructing the improved orthogonally invariant estimators % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXafv3ySLgzGmvETj2BSbqefm0B1jxALjhiov2D% aebbfv3ySLgzGueE0jxyaibaiiYdd9qrFfea0dXdf9vqai-hEir8Ve% ea0de9qq-hbrpepeea0db9q8as0-LqLs-Jirpepeea0-as0Fb9pgea% 0lrP0xe9Fve9Fve9qapdbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaamaabaabcaGcba% WaaCbiaeaacqqHuoaraSqabeaacaqGEbaaaOGaaiikaiaadAeacaGG% Paaaaa!402A!\[\mathop \Delta \limits^{\rm{\^}} (F)\] of Δ, which are analogous to Haff-type estimators of a normal covariance matrix, new estimators of eigenvalues of Δ are given. This is because the eigenvalues of % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXafv3ySLgzGmvETj2BSbqefm0B1jxALjhiov2D% aebbfv3ySLgzGueE0jxyaibaiiYdd9qrFfea0dXdf9vqai-hEir8Ve% ea0de9qq-hbrpepeea0db9q8as0-LqLs-Jirpepeea0-as0Fb9pgea% 0lrP0xe9Fve9Fve9qapdbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaamaabaabcaGcba% WaaCbiaeaacqqHuoaraSqabeaacaqGEbaaaOGaaiikaiaadAeacaGG% Paaaaa!402A!\[\mathop \Delta \limits^{\rm{\^}} (F)\] are taken as estimates of the eigenvalues of Δ.
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Konno, Y. A note on estimating eigenvalues of scale matrix of the multivariate F-distribution. Ann Inst Stat Math 43, 157–165 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00116475
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