The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances
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The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances is a foundational 19th-century treatise on actuarial science and financial mathematics authored by English astronomer and actuary Francis Baily.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14952314 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances Context triple: [Francis Baily, notableWork, The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances]
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A.
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693)
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) is Edmund Halley’s pioneering demographic study that introduced one of the first life tables and laid foundations for actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
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B.
An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances
"An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances" is the posthumously published paper by Thomas Bayes that introduced the foundational ideas of Bayesian probability theory.
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C.
Observations on Reversionary Payments
Observations on Reversionary Payments is an influential 18th-century work by Richard Price that helped lay the foundations of actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
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D.
The Doctrine of Chances
The Doctrine of Chances is an influential 18th-century treatise by Abraham de Moivre that systematically developed the mathematical theory of probability, especially as applied to games of chance.
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E.
The Theory of Interest
The Theory of Interest is a foundational economics book by Irving Fisher that systematically analyzes the determination of interest rates over time using concepts of time preference and investment opportunities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances Target entity description: The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances is a foundational 19th-century treatise on actuarial science and financial mathematics authored by English astronomer and actuary Francis Baily.
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A.
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693)
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) is Edmund Halley’s pioneering demographic study that introduced one of the first life tables and laid foundations for actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
-
B.
An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances
"An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances" is the posthumously published paper by Thomas Bayes that introduced the foundational ideas of Bayesian probability theory.
-
C.
Observations on Reversionary Payments
Observations on Reversionary Payments is an influential 18th-century work by Richard Price that helped lay the foundations of actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
-
D.
The Doctrine of Chances
The Doctrine of Chances is an influential 18th-century treatise by Abraham de Moivre that systematically developed the mathematical theory of probability, especially as applied to games of chance.
-
E.
The Theory of Interest
The Theory of Interest is a foundational economics book by Irving Fisher that systematically analyzes the determination of interest rates over time using concepts of time preference and investment opportunities.
- F. None of above. chosen
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