Transform composition for an independent random sum

ID: transform-composition-for-an-independent-random-sum

For independent identically distributed summands, independent also of the count , conditioning on gives . The law of total expectation gives the composition of the count's probability generating function with the summand's moment-generating function. This identity is valid as an extended nonnegative expectation; finiteness near zero requires additional exponential-integrability assumptions.

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