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(i) Define a Poisson process with intensity . Specify without justification the distribution of . Let denote the jump times of . Derive the joint distribution of given .
(ii) Let be a Poisson process with intensity and let be a sequence of i.i.d. random variables, independent of , all having the same distribution as a random variable . Show that if is a real-valued function of real variables , and are the jump times of then
for all . [Hint: Condition on and , using (i).]
(iii) A university library is open from 9 am to . Students arrive at times of a Poisson process with intensity . Each student spends a random amount of time in the library, independently of the other students. These times are identically distributed for all students and have the same distribution as a random variable . Show that the number of students in the library at is a Poisson random variable with a mean that you should specify.