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 ==== Approach to Normal ==== ==== 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, $\mathcal{Pois}(\lambda) \rightarrow \mathcal{Norm}(\mu=\lambda, \sigma=\sqrt{\lambda})$ That is, as $\lambda$ becomes large, $\mathcal{Pois}(\lambda) \rightarrow \mathcal{Norm}(\mu=\lambda, \sigma=\sqrt{\lambda})$
  
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