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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ia Paper 2 4F Solution by
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Writing , the ordinary probability generating function isIts finite sum can be differentiated termwise, givingThe Dirichlet probability generating function is the different transform . Evaluating at gives the first ordinary moment, whereas differentiation gives . ThereforeThere is no convergence issue because the support is finite and all its values are positive.
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