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-====== Poisson distribution ======
-A discrete [[probability distribution]] that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space when the events occur independently (non-correated) and at a constant given average rate. It is named after the French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson (1781--1840).
-If the average (mean) rate is $\mu$, the probability of counting $x$ events in a single trial
-$$ P(x,\mu) = \frac{\mu^x}{x!} e^{-\mu} $$
-where $e$ is [[Euler's number]] and $x$ is a non-negative integer. The function is plotted below for three different means.
-{{:un:poisson.png?nolink&800|}}
-For example, if $\mu=2.8$ (green curve) raindrops are falling on a tin roof on average per second, then the probability of hearing 4 raindrops in the next second $P(4,2.8) \approx 0.15$.