Characterization of beta distribution on symmetric cones

Abstract

In the paper we generalize the following characterization of beta distribution to the symmetric cone setting: let $X$ and $Y$ be independent, non-degenerate random variables with values in $(0,1)$, then $U=1-XY$ and $V=\frac{1-X}{U}$ are independent if and only if there exist positive numbers $p_i$, $i=1,2,3$, such that $X$ and $Y$ follow beta distributions with parameters $(p_1+p_3,p_2)$ and $(p_3,p_1)$, respectively.