However, Poisson's wife wasn't so sure.
The equation is named after
the French mathematician, geometer, and physicist Siméon Denis Poisson.
When the victim spots the fish taped to their back,
the kids yell"Poisson d'Avril!"!
As mentioned, Poisson was new to the business community and was
wanting to make a splash.
The word"Poisson" in French translates to fish,
so children enjoy a piece of fish-shaped chocolate on this day while playing pranks on one another.
It was a lot of money, but to Poisson, who was new in town and wanted to establish a reputation,
it was worth the huge contract.
He then fled Paris, only
to return a month later when the winning contractor, Andre Poisson, didn't report the matter to the police because of the embarrassment it would have brought.
As the Count had suspected, when he took all the potential contractors to
the tower in a limo for a tour, it was Poisson who very clearly was the most serious about winning the contract.
For example, if the average number of people who rent movies on a Friday night at a single
video store location is 400, a Poisson distribution can answer such questions as,"What
is the probability that more than 600 people will rent movies?"?