Dear Mathematician: Dear Bortkiewicz
The Poisson distribution asks Bortkiewicz for more to do than counting Prussian soldiers kicked by horses.
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"Dear Bortkiewicz, I don't mean to be ungrateful for the job you've given me. I just feel I'm not living up to my potential. So… maybe you could give me more to do than estimate the number of Prussian soldiers kicked by horses? –Poisson Distribution" Horse: "Oops."