Moments and generating functions of the Poisson distribution #
This file develops the probability-generating function of the native Poisson law and the elementary
analytic API of the real-valued Poisson law. For a rate
r : ℝ≥0, the cast law Po(ℝ, r) has all exponential moments, moment-generating function
exp (r * (exp t - 1)), cumulant-generating function r * (exp t - 1), and both mean and
variance equal to r.
The zero-rate law is recorded explicitly as the point mass at zero.
The series calculation for the probability-generating function follows the calculation of
ProbabilityTheory.charFun_map_cast_poissonMeasure in Mathlib; the moment-generating function is
its value at exp t. The same series, together with the factorial-moment series
∑ k, exp (-r) r ^ k / k! * k.descFactorial n = r ^ n, is also stated as a HasSum, the form in
which Poisson mixtures consume it. The moment formulas are then obtained by differentiating the
moment-generating function.
A Poisson law of rate zero is concentrated at zero.
A Poisson law of rate r has mass exp (-r) at zero.
A Poisson law puts all its mass at zero exactly at rate zero.
The probability-generating series of a Poisson law: weighted by the Poisson masses, the powers
z ^ k sum to exp ((z - 1) * r).
The factorial moments of a Poisson law as a weighted series: weighted by the Poisson masses,
the falling factorials k.descFactorial n sum to r ^ n.
The lower integral of a nonnegative observable against a Poisson law is the weighted sum of its values, whenever that sum converges.
The moment-generating function of a real-valued Poisson law of rate r is
t ↦ exp (r * (exp t - 1)).
Every exponential moment of a real-valued Poisson law is integrable.
The exponential-integrability domain of a real-valued Poisson law is all of ℝ.
A real-valued Poisson law has finite moments of every order.
The cumulant-generating function of a real-valued Poisson law of rate r is
t ↦ r * (exp t - 1).
The mean of a real-valued Poisson law is its rate.
The second raw moment of a real-valued Poisson law is r ^ 2 + r.
The variance of a real-valued Poisson law is its rate.
Every nonnegative real power of the native Poisson count is integrable.
The mean of the native Poisson count is its rate.
The variance of the native Poisson count is its rate.
A real random variable with Poisson law has expectation equal to the rate.
A real random variable with Poisson law has variance equal to the rate.