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LET US consider a great number n of events of a sequence the mean value of which is n. If these events obey Poisson's law, the probability of actual realization of the nth event is
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GIBERT, A. Cosmic Rays and Poisson's Law. Nature 146, 198 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146198a0
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