An early occurrence of the Poisson distribution (Q1110170)
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An early occurrence of the Poisson distribution (English)
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1988
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The first occurrence of the Poisson distribution is commonly supposed to have occurred in Poisson's monograph of 1837. In this note an early use of this distribution is cited and compared with that of the monograph.
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first occurrence of the Poisson distribution
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