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On the Graduation of Mortality Tables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

John Adams Higham
John Adams Higham
Affiliation:
Institute of Actuaries
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Extract

It has been suggested that a formula given at page 17 of the present volume should be demonstrated, and its use in graduation more clearly explained.

A series of numbers increasing by third differences is summed continuously p at a time, the results are summed q at a time, these results again r at a time, and so on, until all is collected into one term, S.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , October 1885 , pp. 245 - 251
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1886

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