Finding the Joint PMF of Two Independent Poisson Random Variables

  • Thread starter Thread starter chili237
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Joint
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Start your own thread to ask a follow-up.
1 reply · 3K views
chili237
Messages
3
Reaction score
0

Homework Statement



X~Pois(λ)=> px(k)=e-λλk/k!

Y~Pois(μ)=> py(k)=e-μμk/k!

Find pX,X+Y(k,n)=P(X=k, X+Y=n)

Homework Equations


...I know the pmf for X+Y ~ Pois(λ+μ)

The Attempt at a Solution


As I understand the joint pmf for two independent random variables would be the product of the two individual pmfs. However as X+Y is dependent on X I got really stuck trying to think about this one and how to set it up.

Any help would be great. Thanks :)
 
Physics news on Phys.org