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() 2010 10, 40 5, O ct., 2010, Vol. 40, No. 5 Journal ofNorthwestUniversity (Natural Science dition) 1 2 许 卫, 郭世荣 ( 1., 012000; 2. , 010022) : 阐释晚清概率论译著决疑数学 中的保险与年金计算的内容与方法, 研究晚清数 学史与保险史提供文献支持 原始文献分析与解读 决疑数学 引进了西方保险 计算的三个基本问题, 利用概率知识研究了人寿保险与年金计算的若干具体问题, 提供了公式和证 明 决疑数学 虽 一部概率论专著, 但是它在中国历史上最早系统阐述了保险与年金计 算问题, 从数学上 中国近代保险业发展提供了理论支撑,在中国数学史和保险史上都具有重要意 义 : 决疑数学 ;保险史; 年金;华蘅芳( 1833! 1902); 傅兰雅( John Fryer, 1839! 1928) : O11 : A : 1000274∀ (2010) The calculation problems of insurance and annuity in theJuey i Shuxue 1 2 XU Wei, GUO Shirong ( 1. Department ofM athematics, Jinin Teacher#s College, Jinin 012000, China; 2. Institute for theH istory of Science and Technology, InnerMongoliaNormalUniversity, Huhhot010022, China) Abstract: Aim To provide some solid evidence for the studies of the history ofm athematics and the history of in th surance in China in the late 19 century by exam ining and explaining the contents and themethod for computations of insurance and annuity which appeared in Jueyi Shuxue (, Mathem atical Probability), a probability treatise translated by John Fryer (, 1839! 1928) andHuaH engfang (, 1833! 1902) from nglish into Chinese in 1880.M ethods By studying and analyzing original text. Results Not only are three essence prob lem s of insurance computation discussed in detail, but also a series ofmathematical formulae for the computations of life insurances and annuities are derived by means of know ledge ofmathem aticalprobability in theworkJueyiShu xue. Conclusion A lthough it is amathematicaltreatise of probability, theJueyiShuxue introdu