Excerpt from Transactions, Vol. 9: May 18th and 19th, 1905 In judging of the theory thus laid down by Prof. Whitney, it must be remembered that he is dealing simply with certain mathematical principles involved and not with their practical application. Again Prof. Whitney's conclusions regarding the best distribution of risks are controlled by the fact that his maximum is a constant. In other words his conclusions are true only as to the best distribution of the actual number of risks dealt with. It does not follow that ...
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Excerpt from Transactions, Vol. 9: May 18th and 19th, 1905 In judging of the theory thus laid down by Prof. Whitney, it must be remembered that he is dealing simply with certain mathematical principles involved and not with their practical application. Again Prof. Whitney's conclusions regarding the best distribution of risks are controlled by the fact that his maximum is a constant. In other words his conclusions are true only as to the best distribution of the actual number of risks dealt with. It does not follow that security may not be increased by increasing the number of risks in any particular class and so the aggregate although the proportion may thus be altered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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