Gompertz Curve
The function defined by
It is used in actuarial science for specifying a simplified mortality law. Using
as the probability that a newbornwill achieve age 
, the Gompertz law (1825) is
for
, 
.See also Life Expectancy, Logistic Growth Curve, Makeham Curve, Population Growth
References
Bowers, N. L. Jr.; Gerber, H. U.; Hickman, J. C.; Jones, D. A.; and Nesbitt, C. J. Actuarial Mathematics. Itasca, IL: Society of Actuaries, p. 71, 1997. Gompertz, B. ``On the Nature of the Function Expressive of the Law of Human Mortality, and on a New Mode of Determining the Value of Life Contingencies.'' Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London 123, 513-585, 1825.
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