Raw Moment of Poisson Distribution
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Theorem
Let $X$ be a discrete random variable with the Poisson distribution with parameter $\lambda$.
Let $n$ be a strictly positive integer.
Then the $n$th raw moment $\expect {X^n}$ of $X$ is given by:
- $\ds \expect {X^n} = \sum_{k \mathop = 0}^n \lambda^k {n \brace k}$
where $\ds {n \brace k}$ is a Stirling number of the second kind.
Proof
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