394.Poisson Coin, No Heads
★★★classical probabilityCh. 2 — Axiomatic and Conditional Probability444+ Problems in Probability
Let . A fair coin is flipped times. Find the probability that no heads are obtained. (If , that counts as no heads.)
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Condition on and recognize the sum as a Poisson generating function — or recall Poisson thinning.
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