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Gompertz-Makeham law of mortality — The Gompertz Makeham law states that death rate is a sum of age independent component (Makeham term) and age dependent component (Gompertz function), which increases exponentially with age. In a protected environment where external causes of… … Wikipedia
Gompertz function — A Gompertz curve or Gompertz function, named after Benjamin Gompertz, is a sigmoid function. It is a type of mathematical model for a time series, where growth is slowest at the start and end of a time period.:y(t)=ae^{be^{ctwhere * a is the… … Wikipedia
GOMPERTZ — GOMPERTZ, English family, closely associated with the Hambro Congregation in London and known in the synagogue as Emmerich, after the family s place of origin. JOSEPH GOMPERTZ (1731–1810) was an early member of the board of deputies of British… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gompertz' law (formula) — Gom·pertz law (formula) (gomґpərts) [Benjamin Gompertz, British actuary, 1779–1865] see under law … Medical dictionary
law — 1. A principle or rule. 2. A statement of fact detailing a sequence or relation of phenomena that is invariable under given conditions. SEE ALSO: principle, rule, theorem. [A.S. lagu] Alexander l. states that a jerky nystagmus becomes worse when… … Medical dictionary
Gompertz — Benjamin, English actuary, 1779–1865. See G. hypothesis, G. law … Medical dictionary
Gompertz formula — see under law … Medical dictionary
Benjamin Gompertz — (March 5, 1779 July 14, 1865, London, England), was a self educated mathematician, denied admission to university because he was Jewish. Nevertheless he was made Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819. Gompertz is today mostly known for his Gompertz … Wikipedia
Benjamin Gompertz — (* 5. März 1779 in London; † 14. Juli 1865 in London) war Mathematiker und Autodidakt. Da er Jude war, wurde ihm der Zugang zur Universität verweigert. Dennoch wurde er 1819 zum Fellow der Royal Society. Er wurde durch die Arbeiten von … Deutsch Wikipedia
Power law — A power law is any polynomial relationship that exhibits the property of scale invariance. The most common power laws relate two variables and have the form:f(x) = ax^k! +o(x^k),where a and k are constants, and o(x^k) is of x. Here, k is… … Wikipedia
