Fix failing default transform for LKJCorr

pymc/distributions/multivariate.py

@@ -1524,6 +1524,13 @@
 lkjcorr = LKJCorrRV()
 
 
+class MultivariateIntervalTransform(Interval):
+    name = "interval"
+
+    def log_jac_det(self, *args):
+        return super().log_jac_det(*args).sum(-1)
+
+
 class LKJCorr(BoundedContinuous):
     r"""
     The LKJ (Lewandowski, Kurowicka and Joe) log-likelihood.
@@ -1592,6 +1599,9 @@
         TensorVariable
         """
 
+        if value.ndim > 1:
+            raise NotImplementedError("LKJCorr logp is only implemented for vector values (ndim=1)")
+
         # TODO: PyTensor does not have a `triu_indices`, so we can only work with constant
         #  n (or else find a different expression)
         if not isinstance(n, Constant):
@@ -1623,7 +1633,7 @@
 
 @_default_transform.register(LKJCorr)
 def lkjcorr_default_transform(op, rv):
-    return Interval(floatX(-1.0), floatX(1.0))
+    return MultivariateIntervalTransform(floatX(-1.0), floatX(1.0))
 
 
 class MatrixNormalRV(RandomVariable):

pymc/logprob/transform_value.py

@@ -125,13 +125,12 @@ def transformed_value_logprob(op, values, *rv_outs, use_jacobian=True, **kwargs)
             raise NotImplementedError(
                 f"Univariate transform {transform} cannot be applied to multivariate {rv_op}"
             )
-        else:
-            # Check there is no broadcasting between logp and jacobian
-            if logp.type.broadcastable != log_jac_det.type.broadcastable:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    f"The logp of {rv_op} and log_jac_det of {transform} are not allowed to broadcast together. "
-                    "There is a bug in the implementation of either one."
-                )
+        # Check there is no broadcasting between logp and jacobian
+        if logp.type.broadcastable != log_jac_det.type.broadcastable:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"The logp of {rv_op} and log_jac_det of {transform} are not allowed to broadcast together. "
+                "There is a bug in the implementation of either one."
+            )
 
         if use_jacobian:
             if value.name:

tests/distributions/test_multivariate.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #   limitations under the License.
 
 import functools as ft
-import re
 import warnings
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@
 import pymc as pm
 
 from pymc.distributions.multivariate import (
+    MultivariateIntervalTransform,
     _LKJCholeskyCov,
     _OrderedMultinomial,
     posdef,
@@ -2122,6 +2122,26 @@ def ref_rand(size, n, eta):
         )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    argnames="shape",
+    argvalues=[
+        (2,),
+        pytest.param(
+            (3, 2),
+            marks=pytest.mark.xfail(
+                raises=NotImplementedError,
+                reason="LKJCorr logp is only implemented for vector values (ndim=1)",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_default_transform(shape):
+    with pm.Model() as m:
+        x = pm.LKJCorr("x", n=2, eta=1, shape=shape)
+    assert isinstance(m.rvs_to_transforms[x], MultivariateIntervalTransform)
+    assert m.logp(sum=False)[0].type.shape == shape[:-1]
+
+
 class TestLKJCholeskyCov(BaseTestDistributionRandom):
     pymc_dist = _LKJCholeskyCov
     pymc_dist_params = {"n": 3, "eta": 1.0, "sd_dist": pm.DiracDelta.dist([0.5, 1.0, 2.0])}