Roverato's conjecture on G-Wishart normalising constants
Let be a graph with vertices. For , let denote the positive-definite completion of with respect to , and let be the corresponding Isserlis matrix. Write for the -Wishart normalising constant and let be the identity matrix.
Roverato's conjecture. For every real number ,
The conjecture would reduce the evaluation of the normalising constant for a general scale matrix to the identity-scale case, with the remaining factors obtainable from positive-definite completion and determinant calculations. It is known for chordal graphs, but the source presents it as unresolved in general.
References
Primary source
Ching Wong, Giusi Moffa and Jack Kuipers, “On a conjecture of Roverato regarding G-Wishart normalising constants”, arXiv:2503.13046 (2025).
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