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Characterizations of the wishart distribution using regression properties

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This paper is adapted from a portion of a doctorial dissertation submitted by the author to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, McGill University, 1968.

The author wishes to acknowledge support of the National Research Council of Canada

C. W. Post College

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Gordon, F.S., Gordon, S.P. Characterizations of the wishart distribution using regression properties. Ann Inst Stat Math 28, 201–220 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02504740

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