The Gamma Distribution and the Poisson Connection

Free SOA Exam P (Probability) lesson in Univariate Random Variables. 9 min read, ~1,355 words.

Gamma( ): shape, scale.,. Read off the density: the power of is; the exponent is. is the exponential; a Gamma( ) is the sum of independent Exp( ). Poisson connection (integer ):; equivalently.

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