Deep Dive: The Hidden Powers of Probability Generating Functions

A friendly tour of probability generating functions: how a polynomial can encode an entire probability distribution, their 18th‑century origins with de Moivre, and the clever tricks they unlock. Through approachable examples—cards, coins, and the geometric distribution—we'll see how coefficients carry probabilities and how derivatives at 1 reveal the mean and variance. No vectors, just elegant math that packs a whole distribution into one function.

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