 Time change of an inhomogeneous Poisson process (source code)

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= Time change of an inhomogeneous Poisson process

If $\lambda>0$ and $g=\Lambda^{-1}$, then $M_t=N_{g(t)}$ is a rate-one <Poisson process>, because
$$
\Lambda(g(t))-\Lambda(g(s))=t-s.
$$
Conversely, $N_t=M_{\Lambda(t)}$, so $N_t$ has a Poisson distribution of mean $\Lambda(t)$.

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