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Re:Probability-Generating Functions by jampekka on Thursday October 31, 2024 @09:44AM (#42006827)
That clears it, thanks! I didn't figure out that "sensible" referred to convergent G(t).
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Re:Probability-Generating Functions by madcaptenor on Thursday October 31, 2024 @10:26AM (#42007245)
It doesn't mean that in general; I think the author is saying "for sensible v" somewhat informally to mean "for v for which this makes sense".
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Re:Probability-Generating Functions by foldU on Thursday October 31, 2024 @10:25AM (#42007233)
You also don't really have to worry about convergence, since these are formal power series.
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