Actuarial polynomials

In mathematics, the actuarial polynomials a^(β)
_n(x) are polynomials studied by Toscano (1950) given by the generating function

$\displaystyle \sum _{n}{\frac {a_{n}^{(\beta )}(x)}{n!}}t^{n}=\exp(\beta t+x(1-e^{t}))$

(Roman 1984, 4.3.4), Boas & Buck (1958).

See also

• Umbral calculus

References

• Boas, Ralph P.; Buck, R. Creighton (1958), Polynomial expansions of analytic functions, Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete. Neue Folge., vol. 19, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 9783540031239, MR 0094466
• Roman, Steven (1984), The umbral calculus, Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol. 111, London: Academic Press Inc. [Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers], ISBN 978-0-12-594380-2, MR 0741185 Reprinted by Dover, 2005
• Toscano, Letterio (1950), "Una classe di polinomi della matematica attuariale", Rivista di Matematica della Università di Parma (in Italian), 1: 459–470, MR 0040480, Zbl 0040.03204

Further reading

• Kim, Eun Woo; Jang, Yu Seon (2016). "Some Umbral Characteristics of the Actuarial Polynomials". Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society. 29 (1): 73–82. doi:10.14403/jcms.2016.29.1.73.