Lifetime prediction from only present age: fact or fiction?

Authors
Ledford, A Marriott, P Crowder, M
Citation
A. Ledford et al., Lifetime prediction from only present age: fact or fiction?, PHYS LETT A, 280(5-6), 2001, pp. 309-311
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
280
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
309 - 311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(20010305)280:5-6<309:LPFOPA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We focus on the widely used method of J.R. Gott III for predicting future L ifetime using only present age as confusion still reigns about whether it i s justified. We provide a focused and precise examination of the method so that its validity or otherwise may be established unambiguously. (C) 2001 E lsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.