Lodewijk and Christiaan Huygens: mean length of life versus probable length of life (Q2780973)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1720169
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| English | Lodewijk and Christiaan Huygens: mean length of life versus probable length of life |
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1720169 |
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6 June 2002
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mortality
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Huygens
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life expectancy
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median length of life
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Lodewijk and Christiaan Huygens: mean length of life versus probable length of life (English)
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The authors describe the correspondence between the Huygens brothers (1669). Issuing from Graunt's conclusions, the brothers introduced the two measures of longevity, discussed their essence and the possible use of each of them.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe article provides a detailed account of its subject and marginal information but hardly contains anything really new; the reviewer treated the same issue in ``Early history of probability theory'' on pp. 247-248 of \textit{O. B. Sheynin}, Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 17, 1-61 (1977; Zbl 0359.01018).
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