Solution

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For fixed real , Taylor's theorem for the exponential function gives
Substituting into the previous moment-generating function,
The continuity theorem for moment-generating functions states that, if the moment-generating functions of and are finite on a common open interval containing zero and throughout that interval, then . Here finiteness holds for all real , and the limit is the moment-generating function of a standard normal variable. Therefore
This proves the required instance of the Poisson central limit theorem directly from moment-generating functions; no appeal to a general central limit theorem is needed.

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