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Multiply the master equation by $z^n$ and sum over $n$. Shifting indices producesThe apparent negative power causes no problem at $z=0$ when $r_0=0$. Let $D=z{\partial }_z$, so $D{z}^n=n{z}^n$. If the rates are polynomials in $n$, replace their arguments by $D$ to obtain a finite-order partial differential equation:For arbitrary rates the weighted sums still give an exact generating-function evolution, but need not reduce to a finite-order differential operator. The probability generating function obeyswhich is the normalization condition. The evolution has ${\partial }_{t}F(1,t)=0$ when the rate sums converge, so an initially normalized distribution stays normalized. Its derivatives at $z=1$ also give the factorial moments, and expansion around $z=0$ recovers individual probabilities.

For attractive nearest-neighbour interactions, $J>0$, the transformed model is a ferromagnetic Ising model. In three dimensions and at $T<T_c$, its infinite-volume spontaneous magnetization has two branches. As the effective field crosses zero, the equilibrium mean spin changes discontinuously from a negative value to a positive value. Since $(\partial h/\partial \mu {)}_T=1/2$, varying the physical chemical potential crosses this same first-order phase transition.

The particle-hole-symmetric coexistence line isThe mean Ising spin is a rescaled occupation density. Writing $n=⟨N⟩/V$ for the physical number density,The negative-spin phase is a dilute gas and the positive-spin phase is a dense, liquid-like phase. If the spontaneous spin magnitude at coexistence is $m_0(T)>0$, their number densities areThus the physical order parameter is a density or occupation imbalance, not an actual magnetic moment of these particles. In a closed system with an intermediate mean density, the same transition appears as phase coexistence between the two densities. At $T=T_c$ the density contrast vanishes continuously; above $T_c$, sweeping the chemical potential gives no coexistence jump. A true discontinuity requires the thermodynamic limit; a finite sum over finitely many cells remains analytic.

Let each step have length $a$, and let $K$ be the number of right steps among $N$ independent steps. Then $K$ has a binomial distribution and the physical displacement is $x=a[K-(N-K)]=a(2K-N)$. Therefore $K=(N+x/a)/2$, and the position probability mass isThis is zero unless $x/a$ is an integer, $|x/a|\le N$, and $N+x/a$ is even. The parity condition matters because the walk alternates between the two sublattices. If distance is measured in lattice spacings, replace $x/a$ by $x$.

Normalization follows from the binomial theorem. Its first two moments provide useful checks:These are exact discrete-time statements; a smooth continuum probability density requires coarse-graining over the lattice and its parity oscillation.

Assume a finite second moment, so the following expectations are finite. Expand the square and use linearity of expectation:ThusThe same equality holds in the extended sense when the mean is finite and the second moment is infinite.

The second moment isSubtracting the squared mean gives the variance

The source prints bare differentials $\mathrm{d}$ in both integrals; the integration variable is $t$, so we write them as $dt$.^[ref]

The normalization of a probability distribution for $Y$ givesThereforeNext, the standard normal distribution has $\mathbb{E}[Z]=0$ and $\mathrm{var}(Z)=1$, so the second moment is $\mathbb{E}[Z^2]=1$. Since $Y=Z^2/2$, linearity of expectation yields $\mathbb{E}[Y]=1/2$. Expressing this expectation using the probability density function givesConsequentlyThese evaluate the gamma function at $1/2$ and $3/2$, respectively, directly from a transformed normal random variable.

By the density formula for expected value,For the standard normal distribution, the integrand in the second moment is even, soComparing these two integrals gives

The standard normal distribution has mean zero and variance one, so $\mathbb{E}[Z^2]=\mathrm{var}(Z)+(\mathbb{E}[Z]{)}^2=1$. Part (iv) therefore givesUsing the second moment from part (iii),

Use the covariance identity and the moments from (ii):The positive value is consistent with both $X$ and $X^2$ increasing together on $[0,1]$.

Write $r$ for a positive integer moment index. The moment isThis improper integral converges exactly when $r-\theta -1<-1$, namely $r<\theta$. For those indices,At $r=\theta$ the divergence is logarithmic; for $r>\theta$ it is a power divergence. Thus, in the source's moment notation, the positive integers $k$ allowed are exactly $k<\theta$. If $\theta \le 1$, no positive integer moment is finite.

Set $D(s)=4-2s-s^2$, so $D(s)G(s)=s^2$. Differentiate once and evaluate at $s=1$, using $D(1)=1$, $D^{\prime }(1)=-4$, $G(1)=1$:A second differentiation gives $D^{\prime \prime }G+2D^{\prime }{G}^{\prime }+D{G}^{\prime \prime }=2$, henceThe derivatives of a probability generating function give $G^{\prime }(1)=\mathbb{E}[F]$ and $G^{\prime \prime }(1)=\mathbb{E}[F(F-1)]$. Consequently $\mathrm{Var}(F)=52+6-6^2=22$. The earlier geometric tail bound from a uniform escape probability ensures the needed moments are finite.

This is the ordinary factorial of $X$, rather than a falling-factorial moment. Substituting the probability mass function of the Poisson distribution gives the nonnegative seriesThe geometric series converges exactly when $0<\lambda <1$. Therefore $\mathbb{E}[X!]=\frac{e^{-\lambda }}{1-\lambda }$ for $0<\lambda <1$. For $\lambda \ge 1$, its terms fail to tend to zero and the expectation is infinite. This is the factorial of a Poisson random variable.

There is no such value of $p$ in the specified interval. Indeed, $\mathbb{P}(Y=1)=p{e}^{-p}>0$, and the joint probability mass function givesThis contradicts independence for every $0<p<0.8$. Equivalently, $(1,2)$ has joint probability zero but the product of its marginal probabilities is $p{e}^{-p}{p}^2/2>0$.

At the suggested value $r=e^{-r}$, the covariance is zero, but the same conditional probability contradiction still applies. This is an explicit example of how uncorrelated Bernoulli and Poisson variables need not be independent. Zero covariance controls one mixed moment, whereas independence requires the entire joint probability mass function to factor.

Differentiate the probability generating function inside its radius of convergence:The first moment and second factorial moment are $\mathbb{E}[N]=G_N^{\prime }(1)=q/p$ and $\mathbb{E}[N(N-1)]=G_N^{\prime \prime }(1)=2q^2/p^2$. Consequently

The expected value is finite because $t>2$:The condition on $t$ is precisely the first moment threshold for this parameterization of the Pareto distribution.

For the small-jump cutoff convention in the Lévy-Khintchine formula, let $(a,b,K)$ be the triplet of a real Lévy process. Its paths are continuous almost surely exactly when $K=0$. They are everywhere differentiable almost surely exactly when $K=0$ and $b=0$, giving the deterministic path $X_t=at$. A compound Poisson path can have a derivative between its jumps without being an everywhere differentiable path.

finite variation on compact time intervals has the different criterionUnder these conditions the uncompensated Lévy-Khintchine formula gives a drift plus an absolutely summable small-jump process and finitely many large jumps. A nonzero Brownian component precludes finite variation, while an infinite absolute small-jump sum already forces infinite variation.

Integrability requires only the large-jump first moment:The small compensated jumps are square integrable and hence integrable. When this condition holds, $\mathbb{E}{X}_t=t[a+{\int }_{|x|>1}xK(dx)]$; the small-jump compensation convention is why no small-jump mean appears.

Likewise a finite second moment is equivalent to $\int x^{2}K(dx)<\infty$, and thenThe Lévy-Itô decomposition proves these moment statements by independent Brownian, compensated-small-jump and compound-Poisson-large-jump parts. The large-jump one-event case also shows why the tail moment conditions are necessary.

Poisson moment closure approximates a nonnegative integer-valued population law at each time by a Poisson distribution with its current mean $m$. Its factorial moments then become $\mathbb{E}(N{)}_r\approx m^r$; in particular $\mathbb{E}N=m$ and $\mathbb{E}[N(N-1)]\approx m^2$.

For example, consider birth rates $b_n=an$ and death rates $d_n=bn+cn(n-1)$, with $a,b\ge 0$ and $c>0$. Assuming the relevant moments are finite, the exact first-moment equation isPoisson closure gives the Riccati equation $m^{\prime }\approx (a-b)m-c{m}^2$. The exact identity $\mathbb{E}[N(N-1)]=m^2+\mathrm{Var}(N)-m$ shows what is discarded: the variance correction $-c(\mathrm{Var}(N)-m)$. Nonlinear rates do not generally preserve a Poisson distribution.

For the $k=1$ Batch-birth linear-death process, a Poisson initial law does remain Poisson. independent survival thins the initial Poisson population, and surviving immigrants form an independent Poisson population; their sum is Poisson. That gives an exact linear example, rather than making the nonlinear closure exact.^[ref]

For $N$ with Poisson distribution of mean $\lambda$, the equality $n\mathbb{P}(N=n)=\lambda \mathbb{P}(N=n-1)$ proves the identity by summation. For an independent random sum of independent claims $S$ with this count, exchangeability of the summands gives $\mathbb{E}[Sh(S)]=\lambda \mathbb{E}[Xh(S+X)]$, where $X$ on the right is independent of $S$ and has the severity law. These identities hold for nonnegative measurable functions, and for integrable signed functions. They obtain moments without assuming that a positive exponential moment exists.

For positive claims with a finite positive moment-generating function neighbourhood, use $e^u>1+u+u^2/2$ and $e^u>1+u+u^2/2+u^3/6$ for $u>0$ in the defining adjustment coefficient equation. They imply the displayed strict upper bounds, where $r_2$ is the positive quadratic root. Its defining polynomial is negative at zero and positive at $r_1$, proving $r_2<r_1$. Higher exponential-series truncations similarly yield upper bounds from more raw moments.

A posterior moment is a moment computed under a posterior distribution. Its first raw moment is the posterior mean; its second central moment is the posterior variance.