Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics, 3rd Edition

Notation index

The following is a list of the major symbols which are used in the book. For the most part, the first page they appear on is listed. An exception is the notation in Appendix A, where the first appearance in that chapter is noted. This list excludes that part of the standard actuarial notation which is not used in the main body of the text. The latter can be found in the appropriate sections of Chapters 2–6, 8 and 10 entitled ‘Standard Notation and Terminology’.

Chapter 2

   15

   

B_k(c; v)   21

   25

_kc   21

^kc   21

c  k   25

d_k   12

e^k   17

i_k   12

_kV(c; v)   21

v(k)   11

v(k, n)   10

v  k   25

Val_n(c; v)   26

Δb   17

∇b   18

Chapter 3

d_x   39

e_x   42

e°_x   42

_np_x   40

_nq_x   40

p_x   40

q_x   40

ℓ_x   39

ω   40

Chapter 4

   49

(1_∞)   51

y_x(k)   50

   52

Chapter 5

   62

w_x(