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Fix the formula for logp computation
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olp-cs committed Jun 7, 2025
commit b092df6902aab2a23498b4aa85a35b757be72017
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion pymc/distributions/multivariate.py
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Expand Up @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def precision_mv_normal_logp(op: PrecisionMvNormalRV, value, rng, size, mean, ta
delta = value - mean
quadratic_form = delta.T @ tau @ delta
logdet, posdef = _logdet_from_cholesky(nan_lower_cholesky(tau))
logp = -0.5 * (k * pt.log(2 * np.pi) + quadratic_form) + logdet
logp = -0.5 * (k * pt.log(2 * np.pi) + quadratic_form + logdet)

return check_parameters(
logp,
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