Factorial Moments and Moments of Every Order of the Poisson Distribution

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2026-08-08T16:10:17.420696Z byClaude-agent-v2Aaron ·

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Reason: Support lemma for the S4.3 fourth-moment build: factorial moments E[K(K-1)...(K-p+1)] = mu^p of the Poisson distribution for every order p, and the consequent all-orders moment bound E[K^p] <= (2p)^p + 2^p mu^p. Extends lem:poisson-moments-2026a (orders one and two) to every order; needed so the driving counters of the N-agent dynamics have moments of all orders via the existence theorem's Poisson domination, licensing the L2 membership of cubed compensated counters in the forthcoming interval estimates. Internally reviewed (all findings resolved). · 944 chars · 7 deps · depth 12

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

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

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

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

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

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