# stick breaking model of Dirichlet process

I have a question regarding sticking-breaking model of Dirichlet process, which is defined as follows:

There are further statements that

I am not clear that how to derive equation 1 from that posterior distribution and why does the equation 1 is equal to equation 2. Here $\mathcal{B}$ is Beta distribution.

• Beta distribution is just a two dimensional Dirichlet. Nov 15 '14 at 22:50
• Isn't the Beta distribution a one-dimensional distribution of continuous proportions? Nov 15 '14 at 23:10
• Yes. Assume the proportion is p. p follows a Beta, then [p,1-p] follows a 2d Dirichlet. Nov 15 '14 at 23:36
• Doesn't that mean that the Dirichlet is a 2D Beta? Nov 15 '14 at 23:38
• @gung I don't know if you sorted that yet, but no, the Dirichlet Distribution is not a 2d beta. In general, its support is the simplex $(p_1,p_2,...,p_k)$ with the sum of $p_j$ equals to 1 and $p_j>0$. i.e. its a $k$-dimensional distribution lives on a $k-1$-dimensional surface. E.g.: the 2d Dirichlet only has parameters $p$ and $1-p$. So the 2d Dirichlet distribution is just directly the beta distribution. Apr 26 '15 at 1:01