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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ia Paper 2 9F b Solution by
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For fixed and sufficiently large ,The finite product and last factor tend to one, while . Thus the Poisson limit theorem givesThese numbers form a probability mass function because they are nonnegative and their sum is , by the exponential series. They define the Poisson distribution of parameter . Only is needed to make the binomial parameter valid, which is sufficient for the limit.
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