Remove unused n parameter from von_mises_known_concentration

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The von_mises_known_concentration function included an unused n parameter in its signature. For Von Mises distributions with known concentration, the sufficient statistics are cos_total and sin_total alone—sample size is mathematically unnecessary.

Changes

• conjugate/models.py: Removed n: NUMERIC parameter from function signature and docstring
• tests/test_models.py: Added test coverage for the function

Example

from conjugate.distributions import VonMisesKnownConcentration
from conjugate.models import von_mises_known_concentration

prior = VonMisesKnownConcentration(a=1.0, b=0.0)

# Before: required unused n parameter
# posterior = von_mises_known_concentration(
#     cos_total=cos_total, sin_total=sin_total, n=10, kappa=2.0, prior=prior
# )

# After: n parameter removed
posterior = von_mises_known_concentration(
    cos_total=cos_total, sin_total=sin_total, kappa=2.0, prior=prior
)

Note

Line 1725 computes a_post = kappa * sin_total_post, which appears mathematically incorrect—should likely use resultant length sqrt(cos_total_post^2 + sin_total_post^2). This is a separate issue requiring paper verification.

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Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>von_mises_known_concentration has unused n parameter</issue_title>
<issue_description>Need to check the validity here</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Please confirm with the paper referenced that n is not required. and make adjustments to the function signature depending upon it being correct or now</agent_instructions>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes von_mises_known_concentration has unused n parameter #162

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 95.37%. Comparing base (45a453a) to head (1209a6f).
⚠️ Report is 3 commits behind head on main.

Additional details and impacted files

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+ Coverage   95.00%   95.37%   +0.36%     
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  Files           9        9              
  Lines        1082     1082              
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+ Hits         1028     1032       +4     
+ Misses         54       50       -4     

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