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Mathematical Demography

Selected Papers

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  • © 1977

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Authors:
  1. David P. Smith

    1. Center for Population Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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  2. Nathan Keyfitz

    1. Center for Population Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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Part of the book series: Biomathematics (BIOMATHEMATICS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (56 chapters)

  2. Attempts at Prediction and the Theory they Stimulated

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-194
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    2. The Probability of a Cessation of the Growth of Population in England and Wales during the Next Century

      • Edwin Cannan
      Pages 195-203

    3. An Empirical Method for Calculating Future Population

      • P. K. Whelpton
      Pages 205-213

    4. Population Waves

      • Harro Bernardelli
      Pages 215-219

    5. On the Generation and Growth of a Population

      • E. G. Lewis
      Pages 221-225

    6. On the Use of Matrices in Certain Population Mathematics

      • P. H. Leslie
      Pages 227-238

    7. Matrix Representation of Changes in the Active Population

      • Lรฉon Tabah
      Pages 239-254

    8. Weak Ergodicity

      • Alvaro Lopez
      Pages 255-257

    9. Ergodic Properties of Population I: The One Sex Model

      • Beresford Parlett
      Pages 259-271

  3. Parameterization and Curve Fitting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-278
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    2. On the Nature of the Function Expressive of the Law of Human Mortality

      • Benjamin Gompertz
      Pages 279-282

    3. On the Law of Mortality

      • William M. Makeham
      Pages 283-288

    4. Calculation of Model Tables

      • Ansley J. Coale, Paul Demeny
      Pages 289-300

    5. Estimates of Fertility and Mortality Based on Reported Age Distributions and Reported Child Survival

      • United Nations (1967)
      Pages 301-305

    6. Methods of Analysis and Estimation

      • William Brass, Ansley J. Coale
      Pages 307-313

    7. Nuptiality, Fertility, and Reproductivity

      • S. D. Wicksell
      Pages 315-322
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About this book

This volume is an effort to bring together important contributions to the matheยญ matical development of demography and to suggest briefly their historical context. We have tried to find who first thought of the several concepts and devices commonly used by demographers, what sort of problem he was facing to which the device or concept seemed the solution, and how his invention developed subsequently in the hands of others. Historically, the book starts with a Roman table of life expectancies from the third century a. d. about which we know little, and with John Graunt's exploraยญ tions in an area that was still popularly suspect when he wrote in 1662. These are followed by the astronomer Halley, who looked into the field long enough to invent the life table and to notice that Their Majesties would take a sizeable loss on the annuity scheme they had just launched; and by Euler, who was first to devise the formulas of stable population theory and to apply them to filling gaps in data To these we add the handful of further contributions in the 19th century and many pieces from the explosion of contributions that began in this century with Lotka. We doubt that we have managed to trace everything back to its ultimate beginning, and suspect that our nominees in some cases have been anticipated by predecessors who will be turned up by other students.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Center for Population Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    David P. Smith, Nathan Keyfitz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mathematical Demography

  • Book Subtitle: Selected Papers

  • Authors: David P. Smith, Nathan Keyfitz

  • Series Title: Biomathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81046-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin ยท Heidelberg 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-81046-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-8821

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4160

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Topics: Applications of Mathematics

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