For a measurable with , independence of the two Poisson random measures gives
Thus its count has the Poisson distribution with the summed parameter. If are disjoint, the variables within each family of counts are independent, and independence of and makes the two families independent of each other. Hence the pairs , and therefore their sums, are independent over .
Adding sample counting measures preserves countable additivity. The definition in (a) therefore proves
This proves the required Superposition theorem for Poisson point processes directly from count distributions.
Let be the number of particles of gas in a bounded Lebesgue measurable set . Because Lebesgue measure is diffuse, two independent spatial Poisson point processes have no common particle almost surely. Hence the mixture count is
Writing , independence gives the probability generating function
Thus
If are pairwise disjoint, the family
is independent: counts in disjoint sets are independent within each gas, and the two gases are independent. Therefore the sums are independent. These two facts prove directly that the mixture is a Poisson point process. By the Superposition theorem for Poisson point processes, its activity is
Poisson superposition of insurance portfolios Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-07
Independent claim Poisson processes of rates merge into a Poisson process of rate , by the Superposition theorem for Poisson point processes. The merged claim law is a mixture distribution of the individual claim laws with weights . Equivalently, multiplication of the individual compound-Poisson transforms produces .