Derivatives of PGF of Shifted Geometric Distribution

Theorem
Let $X$ be a discrete random variable with the shifted geometric distribution with parameter $p$.

Then the derivatives of the PGF of $X$ $s$ are:


 * $\map {\dfrac {\d^n} {\d s^n} } {\map {\Pi_X} s} = \dfrac {p q^{n - 1} \paren {n - 1}!} {\paren {1 - q s}^{n + 1} }$

where $q = 1 - p$.

Proof
The Probability Generating Function of Shifted Geometric Distribution is:
 * $\map {\Pi_X} s = \dfrac {p s} {1 - q s}$

where $q = 1 - p$.

First we need to obtain the first derivative:

From Derivatives of Function of $a x + b$:
 * $\map {\dfrac {\d^n} {\d s^n} } {\map f {1 - q s} } = \paren {-q}^n \map {\dfrac {\d^n} {\d z^n} } {\map f z}$

where $z = 1 - q s$.

Here we have that:
 * $\map f z = p \dfrac 1 {z^2}$

From Nth Derivative of Reciprocal of Mth Power:
 * $\dfrac {\d^{n - 1} } {\d z^{n - 1} } \dfrac 1 {z^2} = \dfrac {\paren {-1}^{n - 1} 2^{\overline {n - 1} } } {z^{\paren {n - 1} + 2} }$

where $\overline {n - 1}$ denotes the rising factorial.

Note that we consider the $n-1$th derivative because we have already taken the first one.

Also note that $2^{\overline {n - 1} } = 1^{\overline {n - 1} } = \paren {n - 1}!$

So putting it together:
 * $\dfrac {\d^n} {\d s^n} \map {\Pi_X} s = p \paren {-q}^{n - 1} \dfrac {\paren {-1}^{n - 1} \paren {n - 1}!} {\paren {1 - q s}^{n + 1} }$

whence (after algebra):
 * $\dfrac {\d^n} {\d s^n} \map {\Pi_X} s = \dfrac {p q^{n - 1} \paren {n - 1}!} {\paren {1 - q s}^{n + 1} }$