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Life Contingencies. By E. F. Spurgeon, F.I.A. [Pp. 477. Published by the authority and on behalf of the Institute of Actuaries by C. & E. Layton, London. Price 30s.]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

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Transactions of the Faculty of Actuaries , Volume 9 , 1925 , pp. 159 - 167
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1925

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page 160 note * To avoid the constant repetition of the term “approx” use might be made of the convenient sign = for “approximately equal to.” (See J.I.A., LI. 134.)

page 161 note * More correctly, the Euler-Maclaurin Expansion.

page 161 note † See footnote on previous page.

page 165 note * The words of the late SirHardy, G. F. on this subject have just come to our notice: “It may also happen that where the curve is generally irregular or of a complicated character it is easier to represent successive sections by curves of the 3rd order than the whole by a simple curve of the 7th order.” (J.I.A., XXIV. 100.)Google Scholar