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THE first edition of this work, which is intended for students preparing for the first examination of the Institute of Actuaries, appeared in 1902. The present edition only differs from its predecessor in the addition to part i. of an alternative demonstration of Lubbock's formula for approximate summation, and of three chapters dealing with Stirling's Interpolation Formula, Interpolation for functions of two variables, and Interpolation of inverse functions.
Elements of Finite Differences, also Solutions to Questions set for Part I. of the Examinations of the Institute of Actuaries.
Second edition. By J. Burn E. H. Brown. Pp. iii + 289. (London: C. and E. Layton, 1915.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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Elements of Finite Differences, also Solutions to Questions set for Part I of the Examinations of the Institute of Actuaries . Nature 96, 337–338 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096337a0
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