Solution

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If , then . Expand at :
Substitution into the previous quotient gives
Thus the stationary mean is
Only a finite first service moment was stated. If the second moment is infinite and , the stationary mean is infinite; the formula has that extended-value interpretation. This follows as well by writing the second-order remainder as an integral of and taking , where monotone convergence gives . A finite stationary distribution need not have a finite mean.

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