Poisson on the poisson distribution

A translation of the totality of Poisson's own 1837 discussion of the Poisson distribution is presented, and its relation to earlier work of De Moivre is briefly noted.

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Year of publication:	1982
Authors:	Stigler, Stephen M.
Published in:	Statistics & Probability Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-7152. - Vol. 1.1982, 1, p. 33-35
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Poisson distribution

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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