Student's t distribution with degree-of-freedom parameter df.

#### Mathematical details

The PDF of this distribution is:

`f(t) = gamma((df+1)/2)/sqrt(df*pi)/gamma(df/2)*(1+t^2/df)^(-(df+1)/2)`

#### Examples

Examples of initialization of one or a batch of distributions.

```python
# Define a single scalar Student t distribution.
single_dist = tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT(df=3)

# Evaluate the pdf at 1, returning a scalar Tensor.
single_dist.pdf(1.)

# Define a batch of two scalar valued Student t's.
# The first has degrees of freedom 2, mean 1, and scale 11.
# The second 3, 2 and 22.
multi_dist = tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT(df=[2, 3],
                                               mu=[1, 2.],
                                               sigma=[11, 22.])

# Evaluate the pdf of the first distribution on 0, and the second on 1.5,
# returning a length two tensor.
multi_dist.pdf([0, 1.5])

# Get 3 samples, returning a 3 x 2 tensor.
multi_dist.sample(3)
```

Arguments are broadcast when possible.

```python
# Define a batch of two Student's t distributions.
# Both have df 2 and mean 1, but different scales.
dist = tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT(df=2, mu=1, sigma=[11, 22.])

# Evaluate the pdf of both distributions on the same point, 3.0,
# returning a length 2 tensor.
dist.pdf(3.0)
```
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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.__init__(df, mu, sigma, validate_args=False, allow_nan_stats=True, name='StudentT')` {#StudentT.__init__}

Construct Student's t distributions.

The distributions have degree of freedom `df`, mean `mu`, and scale `sigma`.

The parameters `df`, `mu`, and `sigma` must be shaped in a way that supports
broadcasting (e.g. `df + mu + sigma` is a valid operation).

##### Args:


*  <b>`df`</b>: Floating point tensor, the degrees of freedom of the
    distribution(s). `df` must contain only positive values.
*  <b>`mu`</b>: Floating point tensor, the means of the distribution(s).
*  <b>`sigma`</b>: Floating point tensor, the scaling factor for the
    distribution(s). `sigma` must contain only positive values.
    Note that `sigma` is not the standard deviation of this distribution.
*  <b>`validate_args`</b>: `Boolean`, default `False`.  Whether to assert that
    `df > 0` and `sigma > 0`. If `validate_args` is `False` and inputs are
    invalid, correct behavior is not guaranteed.
*  <b>`allow_nan_stats`</b>: `Boolean`, default `True`.  If `False`, raise an
    exception if a statistic (e.g. mean/mode/etc...) is undefined for any
    batch member.  If `True`, batch members with valid parameters leading to
    undefined statistics will return NaN for this statistic.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give Ops created by the initializer.

##### Raises:


*  <b>`TypeError`</b>: if mu and sigma are different dtypes.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.allow_nan_stats` {#StudentT.allow_nan_stats}

Python boolean describing behavior when a stat is undefined.

Stats return +/- infinity when it makes sense.  E.g., the variance
of a Cauchy distribution is infinity.  However, sometimes the
statistic is undefined, e.g., if a distribution's pdf does not achieve a
maximum within the support of the distribution, the mode is undefined.
If the mean is undefined, then by definition the variance is undefined.
E.g. the mean for Student's T for df = 1 is undefined (no clear way to say
it is either + or - infinity), so the variance = E[(X - mean)^2] is also
undefined.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`allow_nan_stats`</b>: Python boolean.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.batch_shape(name='batch_shape')` {#StudentT.batch_shape}

Shape of a single sample from a single event index as a 1-D `Tensor`.

The product of the dimensions of the `batch_shape` is the number of
independent distributions of this kind the instance represents.

##### Args:


*  <b>`name`</b>: name to give to the op

##### Returns:


*  <b>`batch_shape`</b>: `Tensor`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.cdf(value, name='cdf', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.cdf}

Cumulative distribution function.

Given random variable `X`, the cumulative distribution function `cdf` is:

```
cdf(x) := P[X <= x]
```

##### Args:


*  <b>`value`</b>: `float` or `double` `Tensor`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`cdf`</b>: a `Tensor` of shape `sample_shape(x) + self.batch_shape` with
    values of type `self.dtype`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.copy(**override_parameters_kwargs)` {#StudentT.copy}

Creates a deep copy of the distribution.

Note: the copy distribution may continue to depend on the original
intialization arguments.

##### Args:


*  <b>`**override_parameters_kwargs`</b>: String/value dictionary of initialization
    arguments to override with new values.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`distribution`</b>: A new instance of `type(self)` intitialized from the union
    of self.parameters and override_parameters_kwargs, i.e.,
    `dict(self.parameters, **override_parameters_kwargs)`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.df` {#StudentT.df}

Degrees of freedom in these Student's t distribution(s).


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.dtype` {#StudentT.dtype}

The `DType` of `Tensor`s handled by this `Distribution`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.entropy(name='entropy')` {#StudentT.entropy}

Shannon entropy in nats.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.event_shape(name='event_shape')` {#StudentT.event_shape}

Shape of a single sample from a single batch as a 1-D int32 `Tensor`.

##### Args:


*  <b>`name`</b>: name to give to the op

##### Returns:


*  <b>`event_shape`</b>: `Tensor`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.get_batch_shape()` {#StudentT.get_batch_shape}

Shape of a single sample from a single event index as a `TensorShape`.

Same meaning as `batch_shape`. May be only partially defined.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`batch_shape`</b>: `TensorShape`, possibly unknown.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.get_event_shape()` {#StudentT.get_event_shape}

Shape of a single sample from a single batch as a `TensorShape`.

Same meaning as `event_shape`. May be only partially defined.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`event_shape`</b>: `TensorShape`, possibly unknown.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.is_continuous` {#StudentT.is_continuous}




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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.is_reparameterized` {#StudentT.is_reparameterized}




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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.is_scalar_batch(name='is_scalar_batch')` {#StudentT.is_scalar_batch}

Indicates that `batch_shape == []`.

##### Args:


*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`is_scalar_batch`</b>: `Boolean` `scalar` `Tensor`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.is_scalar_event(name='is_scalar_event')` {#StudentT.is_scalar_event}

Indicates that `event_shape == []`.

##### Args:


*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`is_scalar_event`</b>: `Boolean` `scalar` `Tensor`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.log_cdf(value, name='log_cdf', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.log_cdf}

Log cumulative distribution function.

Given random variable `X`, the cumulative distribution function `cdf` is:

```
log_cdf(x) := Log[ P[X <= x] ]
```

Often, a numerical approximation can be used for `log_cdf(x)` that yields
a more accurate answer than simply taking the logarithm of the `cdf` when
`x << -1`.

##### Args:


*  <b>`value`</b>: `float` or `double` `Tensor`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`logcdf`</b>: a `Tensor` of shape `sample_shape(x) + self.batch_shape` with
    values of type `self.dtype`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.log_pdf(value, name='log_pdf', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.log_pdf}

Log probability density function.

##### Args:


*  <b>`value`</b>: `float` or `double` `Tensor`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`log_prob`</b>: a `Tensor` of shape `sample_shape(x) + self.batch_shape` with
    values of type `self.dtype`.

##### Raises:


*  <b>`TypeError`</b>: if not `is_continuous`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.log_pmf(value, name='log_pmf', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.log_pmf}

Log probability mass function.

##### Args:


*  <b>`value`</b>: `float` or `double` `Tensor`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`log_pmf`</b>: a `Tensor` of shape `sample_shape(x) + self.batch_shape` with
    values of type `self.dtype`.

##### Raises:


*  <b>`TypeError`</b>: if `is_continuous`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.log_prob(value, name='log_prob', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.log_prob}

Log probability density/mass function (depending on `is_continuous`).

##### Args:


*  <b>`value`</b>: `float` or `double` `Tensor`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`log_prob`</b>: a `Tensor` of shape `sample_shape(x) + self.batch_shape` with
    values of type `self.dtype`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.log_survival_function(value, name='log_survival_function', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.log_survival_function}

Log survival function.

Given random variable `X`, the survival function is defined:

```
log_survival_function(x) = Log[ P[X > x] ]
                         = Log[ 1 - P[X <= x] ]
                         = Log[ 1 - cdf(x) ]
```

Typically, different numerical approximations can be used for the log
survival function, which are more accurate than `1 - cdf(x)` when `x >> 1`.

##### Args:


*  <b>`value`</b>: `float` or `double` `Tensor`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:

  `Tensor` of shape `sample_shape(x) + self.batch_shape` with values of type
    `self.dtype`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.mean(name='mean')` {#StudentT.mean}

Mean.

Additional documentation from `StudentT`:

The mean of Student's T equals `mu` if `df > 1`, otherwise it is `NaN`.
If `self.allow_nan_stats=True`, then an exception will be raised rather
than returning `NaN`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.mode(name='mode')` {#StudentT.mode}

Mode.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.mu` {#StudentT.mu}

Locations of these Student's t distribution(s).


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.name` {#StudentT.name}

Name prepended to all ops created by this `Distribution`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.param_shapes(cls, sample_shape, name='DistributionParamShapes')` {#StudentT.param_shapes}

Shapes of parameters given the desired shape of a call to `sample()`.

Subclasses should override static method `_param_shapes`.

##### Args:


*  <b>`sample_shape`</b>: `Tensor` or python list/tuple. Desired shape of a call to
    `sample()`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: name to prepend ops with.

##### Returns:

  `dict` of parameter name to `Tensor` shapes.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.param_static_shapes(cls, sample_shape)` {#StudentT.param_static_shapes}

param_shapes with static (i.e. TensorShape) shapes.

##### Args:


*  <b>`sample_shape`</b>: `TensorShape` or python list/tuple. Desired shape of a call
    to `sample()`.

##### Returns:

  `dict` of parameter name to `TensorShape`.

##### Raises:


*  <b>`ValueError`</b>: if `sample_shape` is a `TensorShape` and is not fully defined.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.parameters` {#StudentT.parameters}

Dictionary of parameters used to instantiate this `Distribution`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.pdf(value, name='pdf', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.pdf}

Probability density function.

##### Args:


*  <b>`value`</b>: `float` or `double` `Tensor`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`prob`</b>: a `Tensor` of shape `sample_shape(x) + self.batch_shape` with
    values of type `self.dtype`.

##### Raises:


*  <b>`TypeError`</b>: if not `is_continuous`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.pmf(value, name='pmf', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.pmf}

Probability mass function.

##### Args:


*  <b>`value`</b>: `float` or `double` `Tensor`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`pmf`</b>: a `Tensor` of shape `sample_shape(x) + self.batch_shape` with
    values of type `self.dtype`.

##### Raises:


*  <b>`TypeError`</b>: if `is_continuous`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.prob(value, name='prob', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.prob}

Probability density/mass function (depending on `is_continuous`).

##### Args:


*  <b>`value`</b>: `float` or `double` `Tensor`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`prob`</b>: a `Tensor` of shape `sample_shape(x) + self.batch_shape` with
    values of type `self.dtype`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.sample(sample_shape=(), seed=None, name='sample', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.sample}

Generate samples of the specified shape.

Note that a call to `sample()` without arguments will generate a single
sample.

##### Args:


*  <b>`sample_shape`</b>: 0D or 1D `int32` `Tensor`. Shape of the generated samples.
*  <b>`seed`</b>: Python integer seed for RNG
*  <b>`name`</b>: name to give to the op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:


*  <b>`samples`</b>: a `Tensor` with prepended dimensions `sample_shape`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.sigma` {#StudentT.sigma}

Scaling factors of these Student's t distribution(s).


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.std(name='std')` {#StudentT.std}

Standard deviation.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.survival_function(value, name='survival_function', **condition_kwargs)` {#StudentT.survival_function}

Survival function.

Given random variable `X`, the survival function is defined:

```
survival_function(x) = P[X > x]
                     = 1 - P[X <= x]
                     = 1 - cdf(x).
```

##### Args:


*  <b>`value`</b>: `float` or `double` `Tensor`.
*  <b>`name`</b>: The name to give this op.
*  <b>`**condition_kwargs`</b>: Named arguments forwarded to subclass implementation.

##### Returns:

  Tensor` of shape `sample_shape(x) + self.batch_shape` with values of type
    `self.dtype`.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.validate_args` {#StudentT.validate_args}

Python boolean indicated possibly expensive checks are enabled.


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#### `tf.contrib.distributions.StudentT.variance(name='variance')` {#StudentT.variance}

Variance.

Additional documentation from `StudentT`:

The variance for Student's T equals

```
df / (df - 2), when df > 2
infinity, when 1 < df <= 2
NaN, when df <= 1
```


