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- ## Copyright (C) 1998 John W. Eaton
- ##
- ## This file is part of Octave.
- ##
- ## Octave 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 2, or (at your option)
- ## any later version.
- ##
- ## Octave 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 Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
- ## Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
- ## 02111-1307, USA.
-
- ## -*- texinfo -*-
- ## @deftypefn {Mapping Function} {} betai (@var{a}, @var{b}, @var{x})
- ## Return the incomplete Beta function,
- ## @iftex
- ## @tex
- ## $$
- ## \beta (a, b, x) = B (a, b)^{-1} \int_0^x t^{(a-z)} (1-t)^{(b-1)} dt.
- ## $$
- ## @end tex
- ## @end iftex
- ## @ifinfo
- ##
- ## @smallexample
- ## x
- ## /
- ## betai (a, b, x) = beta (a, b)^(-1) | t^(a-1) (1-t)^(b-1) dt.
- ## /
- ## t=0
- ## @end smallexample
- ## @end ifinfo
- ##
- ## If x has more than one component, both @var{a} and @var{b} must be
- ## scalars. If @var{x} is a scalar, @var{a} and @var{b} must be of
- ## compatible dimensions.
- ## @end deftypefn
-
- ## Author: jwe
- ## Created: 30 Jan 1998
-
- function retval = betai (a, b, x)
-
- if (nargin == 3)
- retval = betainc (x, a, b);
- else
- usage ("betai (a, b, x)");
- endif
-
- endfunction
-