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The Mathematical Law of Mortality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

Theodor Wittstein
Affiliation:
Honover

Extract

In applying the method of Least Squares a peculiar difficulty is often experienced whenever the function, of which we have a series of observed values, is not linear with respect to the unknown constants to be determined and is therefore either of a higher algebraic order or is transcendental.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1898

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