Orthant Probabilities for the Quadrivariate Normal Distribution

Let x₁, x₂, x₃, x₄ be jointly distributed with a quadrivariate normal distribution with mean 0, and correlation matrix \₈₉\. The orthant probability, i. e. the probability that all the xᵢ's will be simultaneously positive, is not, in general, given by a closed expression; but is easily computed in a special class of cases, here called orthoscheme probabilities. It is explicitly shown how the general orthant probability can be expressed as a linear combination of six orthoscheme probabilities. Orthoscheme probabilities have been tabulated by the author and instructions for the use of this table 1 are given. In addition, an abridged table is appended.