Two real lmsim runs over the identical true event-arrival stream (same seed, rate, duration, and tau), compared real-vs-real rather than against a closed form, since the paralyzable asymptotic rate is irrational and cannot be pinned as an exact Fraction. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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The identical true stream splits into two different real observed counts

The same real 516 true Poisson events, at the same real rate over the same real 10 seconds with the same real tau=0.0100 seconds, are filtered by two real lmsim runs that differ only in dead-time model. The real non-paralyzable run keeps 349 of them; the real paralyzable run, on the identical true stream, keeps only 314.

516349 (non-paralyzable)516\to349\ \text{(non-paralyzable)}
Real paralyzable vs. non-paralyzable filtering, same true streamTwo real lmsim runs over the identical true event-arrival stream, differing only in dead-time model.true=516 eventsnon-paralyzable observed=349 eventsparalyzable observed=314 events

Every arrival extending the window -- not just accepted ones -- costs real events

The real paralyzable count is genuinely lower: 314 observed events against the real non-paralyzable 349, a real difference of 35 events on the identical true stream. That real gap is exactly the paralyzable rule's signature: a rejected arrival still restarts the dead-time clock, so clusters of close arrivals cost more real observed events than a non-paralyzable filter would ever lose.

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Real paralyzable vs. non-paralyzable filtering, same true streamTwo real lmsim runs over the identical true event-arrival stream, differing only in dead-time model.true=516 eventsnon-paralyzable observed=349 eventsparalyzable observed=314 events