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= Solution

The <exponential series> gives $\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\lambda^n/n!=e^\lambda$. Thus the normalization constant for the <Poisson distribution> is
$$
\boxed{c_\lambda=e^{-\lambda}}.
$$
Every value $e^{-\lambda}\lambda^n/n!$ is nonnegative, and their sum is $e^{-\lambda}e^\lambda=1$. Hence this is a valid <probability mass function>.

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