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Factorial Moments and Moments of Every Order of the Poisson Distribution

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Let (Ω,F,P)(\Omega,\mathcal{F},P) be a probability space, let μ≥0\mu\ge0 be a real number, let KK be a random variable on (Ω,F,P)(\Omega,\mathcal{F},P) with the Poisson distribution with parameter μ\mu, and let pp be a natural number. Write E\mathbb{E} for the expectation and use the finite product notation. Then:

(a) (Factorial moments.) The random variable ∏q=0p−1(K−q)=K(K−1)⋯(K−p+1)\prod_{q=0}^{p-1}(K-q)=K(K-1)\cdots(K-p+1) is integrable, and

E[∏q=0p−1(K−q)]=μp.\mathbb{E}\Big[\prod_{q=0}^{p-1}(K-q)\Big]=\mu^{p}.

(b) (Moments of every order.) The random variable KpK^{p} is integrable, and

E[Kp] ≤ (2p)p+2p μp.\mathbb{E}\big[K^{p}\big]\ \le\ (2p)^{p}+2^{p}\,\mu^{p}.

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