Symbols:Greek/Lambda/Poisson Distribution
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Parameter of Poisson Distribution
- $\lambda$
Used to denote the parameter of a given Poisson distribution:
Let $X$ be a discrete random variable on a probability space $\struct {\Omega, \Sigma, \Pr}$.
Then $X$ has the Poisson distribution with parameter $\lambda$ (where $\lambda > 0$) if and only if:
- $\Img X = \set {0, 1, 2, \ldots} = \N$
- $\map \Pr {X = k} = \dfrac 1 {k!} \lambda^k e^{-\lambda}$
It is written:
- $X \sim \Poisson \lambda$
The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\lambda\) is \lambda .