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Logarithm of the Kent distribution normalizing constant.
kent.logcon(k, b, j = 100)
The value of the logarithm of the normalising constant of the Kent distribution.
The conencration parameter, \(\kappa\).
The ovalness parameter, \(\beta\).
The number of the terms in the sum to use. By default this is 100.
Michail Tsagris.
R implementation and documentation: Michail Tsagris mtsagris@uoc.gr and Giorgos Athineou <gioathineou@gmail.com>.
It calculates logarithm of the normalising constant of the Kent distribution.
Kent John (1982). The Fisher-Bingham distribution on the sphere. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 44(1): 71--80.
fb.saddle, kent.mle
kent.logcon(10, 2) fb.saddle( c(0, 10, 0), c(0, -2, 2) )
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