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The student distribution and the principle of maximum entropy

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The Student distribution is obtained by means of the principle of maximum entropy.

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    Vasile C. Preda

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Preda, V.C. The student distribution and the principle of maximum entropy. Ann Inst Stat Math 34, 335–338 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481032

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