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author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:25:41 -0500
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## Copyright (C) 2012 Rik Wehbring
## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} cauchy_pdf (@var{x})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} cauchy_pdf (@var{x}, @var{location}, @var{scale})
## For each element of @var{x}, compute the probability density function
## (PDF) at @var{x} of the Cauchy distribution with location parameter
## @var{location} and scale parameter @var{scale} > 0.  Default values are
## @var{location} = 0, @var{scale} = 1.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Description: PDF of the Cauchy distribution

function pdf = cauchy_pdf (x, location = 0, scale = 1)

  if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 3)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (!isscalar (location) || !isscalar (scale))
    [retval, x, location, scale] = common_size (x, location, scale);
    if (retval > 0)
      error ("cauchy_pdf: X, LOCATION, and SCALE must be of common size or scalars");
    endif
  endif

  if (iscomplex (x) || iscomplex (location) || iscomplex (scale))
    error ("cauchy_pdf: X, LOCATION, and SCALE must not be complex");
  endif

  if (isa (x, "single") || isa (location, "single") || isa (scale, "single"))
    pdf = NaN (size (x), "single");
  else
    pdf = NaN (size (x));
  endif

  k = !isinf (location) & (scale > 0) & (scale < Inf);
  if (isscalar (location) && isscalar (scale))
    pdf = ((1 ./ (1 + ((x - location) / scale) .^ 2))
              / pi / scale);
  else
    pdf(k) = ((1 ./ (1 + ((x(k) - location(k)) ./ scale(k)) .^ 2))
              / pi ./ scale(k));
  endif

endfunction


%!shared x,y
%! x = [-1 0 0.5 1 2];
%! y = 1/pi * ( 2 ./ ((x-1).^2 + 2^2) );
%!assert(cauchy_pdf (x, ones(1,5), 2*ones(1,5)), y);
%!assert(cauchy_pdf (x, 1, 2*ones(1,5)), y);
%!assert(cauchy_pdf (x, ones(1,5), 2), y);
%!assert(cauchy_pdf (x, [-Inf 1 NaN 1 Inf], 2), [NaN y(2) NaN y(4) NaN]);
%!assert(cauchy_pdf (x, 1, 2*[0 1 NaN 1 Inf]), [NaN y(2) NaN y(4) NaN]);
%!assert(cauchy_pdf ([x, NaN], 1, 2), [y, NaN]);

%% Test class of input preserved
%!assert(cauchy_pdf (single([x, NaN]), 1, 2), single([y, NaN]), eps("single"));
%!assert(cauchy_pdf ([x, NaN], single(1), 2), single([y, NaN]), eps("single"));
%!assert(cauchy_pdf ([x, NaN], 1, single(2)), single([y, NaN]), eps("single"));

%% Cauchy (0,1) == Student's T distribution with 1 DOF
%!test
%! x = rand (10, 1);
%! assert(cauchy_pdf (x, 0, 1), tpdf (x, 1), eps);

%% Test input validation
%!error cauchy_pdf ()
%!error cauchy_pdf (1,2)
%!error cauchy_pdf (1,2,3,4)
%!error cauchy_pdf (ones(3),ones(2),ones(2))
%!error cauchy_pdf (ones(2),ones(3),ones(2))
%!error cauchy_pdf (ones(2),ones(2),ones(3))
%!error cauchy_pdf (i, 2, 2)
%!error cauchy_pdf (2, i, 2)
%!error cauchy_pdf (2, 2, i)