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Author:
Beard, R. E.
Source:
Journal of the Institute of Actuaries [JIA] (1943) 71: 193-227

The construction of a small-scale differential analyser and its application to the calculation of actuarial functions

In many problems arising from scientific investigations their theoretical formulation leads to differential equations, the numerical solution of which is frequently an extremely laborious process. To handle such problems various mechanical devices have ... read more >>