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Geometric Properties of Beta Distributions

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The aim of this work is to prove that the Amari manifold of beta distributions of the first kind distribution have dual potential, dual coordinate pairs and his corresponding gradient system is linearizable and Hamiltonian.

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I gratefully acknowledge all my discussions with members of ERAG of the University of Maroua. Thanks are due to Dr. Kemajou Theophile for fruitful discussions.

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Mama Assandje, P.R., Dongho, J. (2023). Geometric Properties of Beta Distributions. In: Nielsen, F., Barbaresco, F. (eds) Geometric Science of Information. GSI 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14071. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38271-0_21

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