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Notation used in actuarial work

There are a number of special notations particular to actuarial work. For example,

which is typeset using \[\require{enclose} EPV = a _{[25]+5:\enclose{actuarial}{30}} ^ {\space 1}\]. Further examples are given below.

Life Contingencies' Symbols

Inline Code (without LaTeX delimiters)
a
\require{enclose} a_{\enclose{actuarial}{K}}
\require{enclose} \bar{a}_{\enclose{actuarial}{T}}
\require{enclose} \ddot{a}_x
\require{enclose} \bar{a}_{h}^{r}
\require{enclose} \ddot{a}_{x}^{\{m\}}
\require{enclose} a_{x:\enclose{actuarial}{n}}
\require{enclose} \bar{a}_{x:\enclose{actuarial}{n}}
\require{enclose} \ddot{a}_{x:\enclose{actuarial}{n}}
\require{enclose} \ddot{a}_{x:\enclose{actuarial}{n}}^{(m)}
\require{enclose} \mathring{a}_{x:\enclose{actuarial}{n}}^{(m)}
\require{enclose} \ddot{a}_{x:\enclose{actuarial}{n}}^{\{m\}}
\require{enclose} \bar{a}_{\overline{x:\enclose{actuarial}{n}}}
\require{enclose} {}^{2}\bar{a}_{x:\enclose{actuarial}{n}}
\require{enclose} {}^{2}\ddot{a}_{xy:\enclose{actuarial}{n}}

STACK provides some support for statistical functions via optional Maxima packages. See specific pages on statistics.