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--- wiki:maths:poisson [2024/11/04 20:06] – Roy Prouty
+++ wiki:maths:poisson [2024/11/04 20:14] (current) – Roy Prouty
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 ==== Approach to Normal ====
-In the limit of large average rates, the Poisson Distribution becomes indistinguishable from the Normal Distribution.
+In the limit of large average rates, the Poisson Distribution becomes indistinguishable from the [[wiki:maths:normal|Normal Distribution]].
-That is, as $\lambda$ becomes large, $\mathcal{Pois}(\lambda) \rightarrow \mathcal{Norm}(\lambda, \sqrt{\lambda})$
+That is, as $\lambda$ becomes large, $\mathcal{Pois}(\lambda) \rightarrow \mathcal{Norm}(\mu=\lambda, \sigma=\sqrt{\lambda})$
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+{{ :wiki:maths:highl.png?400 |}}