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A method of determining the rate of interest involved in a given transaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

J. E. Kerrich
J. E. Kerrich
Affiliation:
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
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In Todhunter's Compound Interest (4th edition, chapters 8 and 9) several methods are given for the approximate determination of the rate of interest involved in a given transaction. In these methods there is no adequate treatment of the errors contained in the results. No simple means are given whereby the computer can tell to how many significant figures the results can be trusted.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , July 1939 , pp. 198 - 210
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1939

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