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Multiple decrement tables and the force of mortality—a historical note

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2014

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Journal of the Staple Inn Actuarial Society , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , 1947 , pp. 197 - 199
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Copyright © Institute of Actuaries Students' Society 1947

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