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Annuities upon lives; or, the valuation of annuities upon any number of lives; as also, of reversions. To which is added, an appendix concerning the expectations of life and probabilities of survivorship.
Publication Details
London: F. Fayram, B. Motte, and W. Pearson, 1725 CE.
De Moivre, French Huguenot mathematician and demographer, formulated the hypothesis that among a body of persons over a certain age the successive annual decreases by death are nearly equal.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #1690 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2410 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | annuities-upon-lives-or-the-valuation-of-annuities-upon-any-number-of-lives-as-also-of-reversions-to-which-is-added-an-appendix-concerning-the-expectations-of-life-and-probabilities-of-survivorship |
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Publication place: London