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Poisson cumulative probability at its growing mean (P(Xλ​≤⌊λ⌋)⟶1/2)

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If Xλ​ has a Poisson distribution, then P(Xλ​≤⌊λ⌋)→1/2 as λ→∞. The Poisson central limit theorem standardizes by mean λ and variance λ; the cutoff (⌊λ⌋−λ)/λ​ tends to zero. Squeezing between fixed nearby cutoffs and using continuity of the standard normal distribution function gives the limit.

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