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Erlang distribution

The sum of

n

independent exponential variables of rate

r

has the Erlang distribution with density

f_{n} (x) = \frac{r ^{n} x ^{n - 1}}{( n - 1 )!} e^{- r x}, x > 0.

Convolving with one more exponential proves the formula inductively.

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