IsBernoulliRV X μ p says that X : Ω → ℕ is a Bernoulli(p) random variable under
the measure μ: the parameter p ∈ [0,1] satisfies P(X = 0) = 1 - p and P(X = 1) = p.
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Probability mass function of a sum of independent (possibly nonidentical) Bernoulli random
variables: if X₁, …, X_m are independent with X_i ∼ Bernoulli(p_i), then for any j ∈ ℕ,
P(∑ X_i = j) = ∑_{A ⊆ [m], |A| = j} ∏_{i ∈ A} p_i · ∏_{i ∉ A} (1 - p_i) (the
j-th elementary symmetric polynomial in (p_i) weighted by the complementary product).
Analytic core of Poisson convergence: if max_i p_{n,i} → 0 and ∑_i p_{n,i} → λ as
n → ∞, then the j-th elementary symmetric polynomial expression
∑_{|A|=j} ∏_{i ∈ A} p_{n,i} · ∏_{i ∉ A} (1 - p_{n,i}) converges to the Poisson pmf
λ^j e^{-λ} / j!.
Poisson convergence theorem (Lecture 17): let X_{n,m} be independent
{0,1}-valued random variables with P(X_{n,m} = 1) = p_{n,m}. If
∑_{m=1}^{k(n)} p_{n,m} → λ and max_{m} p_{n,m} → 0, then the row sums
S_n = ∑_{m} X_{n,m} converge in law to Poisson(λ). Here we state the pointwise
convergence of the pmf values P(S_n = j) → λ^j e^{-λ}/j! for each j ∈ ℕ.