function density = multivariate_student_pdf(X,Mean,Sigma_upper_chol,df) % Evaluates the density of a multivariate student, with expectation Mean, % variance Sigma_upper_chol'*Sigma_upper_chol and degrees of freedom df, at X. % % INPUTS % % X [double] 1*n vector % Mean [double] 1*n vector, expectation of the multivariate random variable. % Sigma_upper_chol [double] n*n matrix, upper triangular Cholesky decomposition of Sigma (the "covariance matrix"). % df [integer] degrees of freedom. % % OUTPUTS % density [double] density. % % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS % Copyright © 2003-2017 Dynare Team % % This file is part of Dynare. % % Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by % the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or % (at your option) any later version. % % Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the % GNU General Public License for more details. % % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License % along with Dynare. If not, see . nn = length(X); t1 = gamma( .5*(nn+df) ) / ( gamma( .5*nn ) * (df*pi)^(.5*nn) ) ; t2 = t1 / prod(diag(Sigma_upper_chol)) ; density = t2 / ( 1 + (X-Mean)*(Sigma_upper_chol\(transpose(Sigma_upper_chol)\transpose(X-Mean)))/df )^(.5*(nn+df));