Poisson's Theorem

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Poisson’s Theorem

(1) A theorem in probability theory that describes the behavior of the frequency of occurrence of some event in a sequence of independent trials. It is a special case of the law of large numbers.

(2) One of the limit theorems in probability theory. It permits an approximate estimate to be made of the probability of a given number of occurrences of an unlikely event in a large number of independent trials.

Both theorems were proved by S. D. Poisson in 1837.

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