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all odd moments are zero by symmetry

its (a.s.) not continuous at zero: it jumps by Z.the increments are not stationary: B(h)-B(0) and B(t+h)-B(t) do not have the same distribution, t>0 & h>0.but it is a MG.

Prove or disprove the existence of rv's X, Y and Z such that:

For any n number of seats if you place the first one in seat 3 you force someone into seat 1. This solves both the "best-worst" and allows for the "best case".

lets not forget about the newest Icelandic chess champ: Bobby Fischer

<t>In stead of stocks lets assume this is EUR/USD and EUR/SEK. According to the BBA vols on May 31 where 9.03 and 3.34 respectively for the one month ATMF. There is "no" arbitrage between EUR/USD, USD/SEK and EUR/SEK. For our purpose, lets ignore interest-rates and assume they are constant and equal...

<t>"I have never heard of any Icelander..."Reminds me of a question Einstein once asked: Is the moon still there when no one is looking at it?"Nominate"? This isn't the Oscars.Iceland has one per 300.000 inhabitants, Chile and Japan have one per 8.000.000. France would need 200 Nobel prices while th...

Let be the sum of n independent Bernoulli random variables with thenwith . So, preciseness is decreasing in n.For proof, see LeCam's Inequality and Poisson Approximation, by Mike Steele.

<t>Don't underestimate something smaller then you, it can be allot quicker Regarding education, Iceland is much to small to have an university like the ones mentioned here. But if you take a closer look I would guess Iceland would be one of the biggest nationalities studying at top tier schools, tha...

<t>Yes, I agree with you that a fixed Poisson () distribution is the limit of a sequence of binomial distributions with parameters n and /n as n tends to infinity.But, what I am fishing for is:A fixed binomial distribution with parameters n and p can be approximated by a Poisson distribution with pa...

For an arbitrary t in a Poisson process there are independent exponential distances to the next points on both sides. The minimum of two independent exponential is exponential 2 and the expected value is 1/(2).

<t>Fasturtle, you are assuming that when n increases then p decrease. But that doesn't have to be the case. See for example the thread Probability of 8 Occurences?. There the Poisson Approximation is closer for n=1.000.000 then 200.000.000.The Poisson Approximation is pretty good for small fixed p a...

Why do many “Introduction to Probability”-books say:…when n is large and p is small … is approximately Poisson np,Why should n be large?